ghc 7.1 says "Use -fvia-C instead" but -fvia-C is gone

Compiling on linux-powerpc with "GhcUnregisterised=YES" I get:

ghc-stage1: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 7.1.20110417 for powerpc-unknown-linux):
        This compiler was built without a native code generator
    Use -fvia-C instead

but the -fvia-C option was removed recently.

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Version	7.1
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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assigned to @trac-igloo

Thanks for the report.

On an unreg compiler, -fasm and -fllvm should probably just print a warning saying they'll be ignored.

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Priority	normal → high

mentioned in commit 4915e566

closed

You now just get a warning:

$ ghc -fasm q.hs

on the commandline:
    Warning: Compiler has no native codegen, so ignoring -fasm
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( q.hs, q.o )
Linking q ...

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Resolution	Unresolved → ResolvedFixed

LLVM shouldn't be disabled in unreg builds. It works fine in both unreg and reg mode.

reopened

unassigned @trac-igloo

Reopening to track enabling LLVM in unreg mode again.

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Resolution	ResolvedFixed → Unresolved

assigned to @trac-dterei

mentioned in commit b72af0e0

Fixed in b72af0e0

closed

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Resolution	Unresolved → ResolvedFixed

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