ghc @6.10.2_0: gcc Internal error: Virtual timer expired (program cc1)

[marco.comini@…]

For the first time I've encountered a GCC internal error. Is it an already known issue or should I really report it to Apple?

Preprocessing library ghc-prim-0.1.0.0...
Running Haddock for ghc-prim-0.1.0.0...
Warning: The documentation for the following packages are not installed. No
links will be generated to these packages: rts-1.0
powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1: Internal error: Virtual timer expired (program cc1)
Please submit a full bug report.
See <URL:http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter> for instructions.
make[2]: *** [doc.library.ghc-prim] Error 1
make[1]: *** [stage2] Error 2
make: *** [bootstrap2] Error 2

[jmr@…]

If you are using Xcode 2.5, then yes, you should report it to Apple. Otherwise try upgrading first.

[blair@…]

I'm using Xcode 2.5 and get the same error on an Intel 10.4 PowerMac.

I doubt we'll get a fix for this from Apple. Is there a way for the compile to use a newer gcc, say 4.3.3 from the gcc43 port?

I tried modifying Portfile. To the platform darwin 8 i386 variant, I added

depends_lib-append port:gcc43

and

configure.cc ${prefix}/bin/gcc-mp-4.3

but that didn't help, it still picked up /usr/bin/gcc somewhere.

[gale@…]

I get the same issue on an Intel MacBook, Mac OS X 10.4.11, XCode 2.5.

So "PPC" should probably be removed from the title of this bug.

[gale@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign@…]

My ghc build stops at the same place, on Mac OS X 10.4.11 PowerPC with Xcode 2.5, except that these two lines are not present in my output:

powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1: Internal error: Virtual timer expired (program cc1)
Please submit a full bug report.
See <URL:http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter> for instructions.

That is to say, my output ends with:

Preprocessing library ghc-prim-0.1.0.0...
Running Haddock for ghc-prim-0.1.0.0...
Warning: The documentation for the following packages are not installed. No
links will be generated to these packages: rts-1.0
make[2]: *** [doc.library.ghc-prim] Error 1
make[1]: *** [stage2] Error 2
make: *** [bootstrap2] Error 2

Error: Unable to upgrade port: 1

That's when trying to upgrade to 6.10.2_0 while 6.10.1_8 is installed and active. If I deactivate 6.10.1_8, clean and try again, the output ends with:

/mp/var/macports/build/_Volumes_data_macports_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-bootstrap/bin/ghc -#include cutils.h -DSTAGE=1 -package-name ghc-6.10.2 -hide-all-packages -no-user-package-conf -package-conf /mp/var/macports/build/_Volumes_data_macports_ports_lang_ghc/work/ghc-6.10.2/libraries/bootstrapping.conf -i -idist-stage1/build -inativeGen -ibasicTypes -icmm -icodeGen -icoreSyn -icprAnalysis -ideSugar -ighci -ihsSyn -iiface -imain -iparser -iprelude -iprofiling -irename -isimplCore -isimplStg -ispecialise -istgSyn -istranal -itypecheck -itypes -iutils -ivectorise -idist-stage1/build/autogen -Idist-stage1/build/autogen -Idist-stage1/build -Istage1 -I../libraries/base/cbits -I../libraries/base/include -I. -Iparser -Iutils -optP-include -optPdist-stage1/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -odir dist-stage1/build -hidir dist-stage1/build -stubdir dist-stage1/build -package Cabal-1.6.0.3 -package array-0.2.0.0 -package base-4.0.0.0 -package bytestring-0.9.1.4 -package containers-0.2.0.0 -package directory-1.0.0.2 -package filepath-1.1.0.2 -package haskell98-1.0.1.0 -package hpc-0.5.0.3 -package old-time-1.0.0.1 -package process-1.0.1.0 -package unix-2.3.1.0 -O -Wall -fno-warn-name-shadowing -fno-warn-orphans -XCPP -XMagicHash -XUnboxedTuples -XPatternGuards -XForeignFunctionInterface -XEmptyDataDecls -XTypeSynonymInstances -XMultiParamTypeClasses -XFlexibleInstances -XRank2Types -XScopedTypeVariables -XDeriveDataTypeable -idist-stage1/build  -H32m -O -I/mp/include -L/mp/lib -Rghc-timing   -c simplCore/SimplMonad.lhs -o dist-stage1/build/SimplMonad.o  -ohi dist-stage1/build/SimplMonad.hi
<<ghc: 211331804 bytes, 15 GCs, 6348690/12508060 avg/max bytes residency (2 samples), 38M in use, 0.03 INIT (0.00 elapsed), 3.60 MUT (8.56 elapsed), 1.11 GC (2.93 elapsed) :ghc>>
make[2]: *** [dist-stage1/build/SimplMonad.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [build.stage.1] Error 2
make: *** [stage1] Error 1

which doesn't really look like much of an error to me, but it stops there.

Grepping the entire debug output for "Warning" I do see this; not sure if it's relevant:

Configuring ghc-6.10.2...
Warning: 'include-dirs: ../libraries/base/cbits' is a relative path outside of
the source tree. This will not work when generating a tarball with 'sdist'.
Warning: 'include-dirs: ../libraries/base/include' is a relative path outside
of the source tree. This will not work when generating a tarball with 'sdist'.
Warning: This package indirectly depends on multiple versions of the same
package. This is highly likely to cause a compile failure.
package process-1.0.1.0 requires filepath-1.1.0.1
package directory-1.0.0.2 requires filepath-1.1.0.1
package ghc-6.10.2 requires filepath-1.1.0.2
package Cabal-1.6.0.3 requires filepath-1.1.0.2

[gale@…]

This is an upstream bug:

​http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2009-May/011723.html

​http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3243

[gwright@…]

6.10.3 now includes a patch that should fix the main problem described here. It is included in the current revision 4.

[marco.comini@…]

Replying to gwright@…:

6.10.3 now includes a patch that should fix the main problem described here. It is included in the current revision 4.

Yes, now it worked fine. At least for me :)

[ryandesign@…]

Presumed fixed; closing.