Description: Use the stage1 binaries for install In order to be able to perform a cross-build, we need to use the stage1 binaries during installation. Both ghc and ghc-pkg are run during the install target and therefore must be able to run on the build machine. . Author: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Last-Update: 2017-01-29 Index: ghc-8.8.1+dfsg1/ghc.mk =================================================================== --- ghc-8.8.1+dfsg1.orig/ghc.mk +++ ghc-8.8.1+dfsg1/ghc.mk @@ -963,8 +963,12 @@ # Install packages in the right order, so that ghc-pkg doesn't complain. # Also, install ghc-pkg first. ifeq "$(Windows_Host)" "NO" -INSTALLED_GHC_REAL=$(DESTDIR)$(ghclibexecdir)/bin/ghc -INSTALLED_GHC_PKG_REAL=$(DESTDIR)$(ghclibexecdir)/bin/ghc-pkg +# Use the inplace/stage1 versions for installation, +# since the installed versions are built for the target +#INSTALLED_GHC_REAL=$(DESTDIR)$(ghclibexecdir)/bin/ghc +#INSTALLED_GHC_PKG_REAL=$(DESTDIR)$(ghclibexecdir)/bin/ghc-pkg +INSTALLED_GHC_REAL=$(CURDIR)/inplace/bin/ghc-stage1 +INSTALLED_GHC_PKG_REAL=$(CURDIR)/utils/ghc-pkg/dist/build/tmp/ghc-pkg else INSTALLED_GHC_REAL=$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/ghc.exe INSTALLED_GHC_PKG_REAL=$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/ghc-pkg.exe