[project @ 2000-05-10 08:27:12 by simonmar]

Hack to work around bug in pre-4.06 mkdependHS.  Fixes last night's
nightly build failure.

diff --git a/ghc/compiler/rename/RnIfaces.lhs b/ghc/compiler/rename/RnIfaces.lhs
index 9174def..0b6c368 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/compiler/rename/RnIfaces.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/rename/RnIfaces.lhs
@@ -1059,8 +1059,11 @@ readIface wanted_mod file_path
 \begin{code}
 noIfaceErr mod_name boot_file search_path
   = vcat [ptext SLIT("Could not find interface file for") <+> quotes (pprModuleName mod_name),
-         ptext SLIT("in the directories") <+> vcat [ text dir <> text "/*" <> pp_suffix suffix 
-                                                   | (dir,suffix) <- search_path]
+         ptext SLIT("in the directories") <+> 
+                       -- \& to avoid cpp interpreting this string as a
+                       -- comment starter with a pre-4.06 mkdependHS --SDM
+               vcat [ text dir <> text "/\&*" <> pp_suffix suffix 
+                    | (dir,suffix) <- search_path]
        ]
   where
     pp_suffix suffix | boot_file = ptext SLIT(".hi-boot")