shelarcy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:48:13 +0900, Neil Mitchell > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/Cabal --partial >> cd Cabal >> runhaskell Setup configure >> >> And I get the error: >> >> ./Distribution/Simple.hs:61:1: lexical error >> >> Should this work? If not, what should I be doing. > > If Distribution directory is in the same directory, > runhaskell find and use that. So, Setup.(l)hs import > Distribution directory's source file, not ghc's > Distribution/*. And ./Distribution/Simple.hs uses > C preprocessor, so that cause lexical error. > > If you want to solve this error, you should use cpp > option like this. > > runhaskell -cpp Setup.lhs configure > runhaskell -cpp Setup.lhs build > runhaskell -cpp Setup.lhs install > > Or you have to change to add below pragma per file > that you can see lexical error. > > {-# OPTIONS -cpp #-}
This is a known problem with bootstrapping. Maybe this is something cabal-setup should look for. That's why the makefile has "make setup" for bootstrapping. peace, isaac _______________________________________________ cabal-devel mailing list cabal-devel@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel
