id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,os,architecture,failure,difficulty,testcase,blockedby,blocking,related
3740,6.8.2: Cannot configure under Cygwin,jaalto,,"There is no GHC compiler available for Cygwin (Linux like environment). The following attempt failed.

ENVIRONMENT

{{{
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/sh

$ /bin/sh --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.49(23)-release (i686-pc-cygwin)

$  type pwd
pwd is a shell builtin

$ ld --version
GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.19.51.20090704

$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)

}}}

CONFIGURE

{{{
~/cygwin/7/ghc6/ghc-6.8.2/$ '''./configure --build i686-pc-cygwin --host i686-pc-cygwin --prefix=/usr --without-ghc'''
checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking target system type... i686-pc-cygwin
Canonicalised to: i386-unknown-cygwin32
checking version of ghc... unknown
./configure: line 2209: test: unknownunknown: integer expression expected
./configure: line 2210: test: unknownunknown: integer expression expected
./configure: line 2211: test: unknownunknown: integer expression expected
./configure: line 2212: test: unknownunknown: integer expression expected
./configure: line 2213: test: unknownunknown: integer expression expected
checking for ghc-pkg matching no... no
checking for ghc-pkg... no
checking whether ghc has readline package... no
checking for nhc... no
checking for nhc98... no
checking for hbc... no
checking for ld... /usr/bin/ld
checking for path to top of build tree... ./configure: line 2651: no: command not found
./configure: line 2655: utils/pwd/pwd: No such file or directory
configure: error: cannot determine current directory
}}}

The error line 2651-55 are:
{{{
   2644 
   2645 if test ! -f utils/pwd/pwd && test ! -f utils/pwd/pwd.exe; then
   2646   cd utils/pwd
   2647   rm -f *.o
   2648   rm -f *.hi
   2649   rm -f pwd
   2650   rm -f pwd.exe
   2651   $WithGhc -v0 --make pwd -o pwd
   2652   cd ../..
   2653 fi
   2654 
   2655 hardtop=`utils/pwd/pwd forwardslash`
}}}

I used following '''mk/build.mk''' file:

{{{
XMLDocWays := html
HADDOCK_DOCS := YES
GhcRTSWays += debug_p thr_debug thr_debug_p
XSLTPROC_OPTS += --nonet
GhcUnregisterised=YES
GhcWithNativeCodeGen=NO
GhcWithInterpreter=NO
SplitObjs=NO
GhcRTSWays := $(shell echo $(GhcRTSWays) | sed ""s/\<[a-z_]*thr[a-z_]*\>//g"")
GhcNotThreaded=YES
bindir  := ${libdir}/bin
docdir  := $(datarootdir)/doc/ghc6-doc
htmldir := $(docdir)
dvidir  := $(docdir)
pdfdir  := $(docdir)
psdir   := $(docdir)
}}}
",bug,closed,normal,,Build System,6.8.2,duplicate,,,Linux,x86,Building GHC failed,,,,,