GHC issueshttps://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues2019-07-07T18:43:28Zhttps://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/8783make ghc-pwd-bindist script /bin/sh compatible for Solaris2019-07-07T18:43:28ZChristian Maedermake ghc-pwd-bindist script /bin/sh compatible for Solarishttp://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.8.1-rc1/ghc-7.8.20140130-i386-unknown-solaris2.tar.bz2 has a ghc-pwd-bindist script containing
{{{
\#!/bin/sh
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="libraries/directory/dist-install/build:libraries/unix/dist-install/b...http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.8.1-rc1/ghc-7.8.20140130-i386-unknown-solaris2.tar.bz2 has a ghc-pwd-bindist script containing
{{{
\#!/bin/sh
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="libraries/directory/dist-install/build:libraries/unix/dist-install/build:libraries/time/dist-install/build:libraries/old-locale/dist-install/build:libraries/filepath/dist-install/build:libraries/bytestring/dist-install/build:libraries/deepseq/dist-install/build:libraries/array/dist-install/build:libraries/base/dist-install/build:libraries/integer-gmp/dist-install/build:libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build:rts/dist/build:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
exec "utils/ghc-pwd/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pwd" ${1+"$@"}
}}}
that fails during configure under Solaris with:
```
checking for path to top of build tree... utils/ghc-pwd/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pwd-bindist: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=libraries/directory/dist-install/build:libraries/unix/dist-install/build:libraries/time/dist-install/build:libraries/old-locale/dist-install/build:libraries/filepath/dist-install/build:libraries/bytestring/dist-install/build:libraries/deepseq/dist-install/build:libraries/array/dist-install/build:libraries/base/dist-install/build:libraries/integer-gmp/dist-install/build:libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build:rts/dist/build:: is not an identifier
configure: error: cannot determine current directory
```
see more under
http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2014-February/024669.html
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```
inplace/bin/deriveConstants --gen-header -o includes/dist-derivedconstants/header/DerivedConstants.h --tmpdir includes/dist-derivedconstants/header/ --gcc-p...building ghc-7.8.20140130 under Solaris fails with a non-GNU nm as follows:
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Can't find "STD_HDR_SIZE"
gmake[1]: *** [includes/dist-derivedconstants/header/DerivedConstants.h]
```
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