#922: “lexical error (UTF-8 decoding error)” in WIndows 7
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Reporter: hamukazu | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD
Severity: minor | Keywords: UTF-8
Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion:
Platform: Windows |
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==== Symptom ====
When I type
> cabal install cabal
it fails with the following error:
> Distribution\Compat\Exception.hs:0:4: lexical error (UTF-8 decoding
error)
==== Environment ====
It happens with 64 bit version of Windows 7.
It came to occur after I failed to install HXT. (I am not sure it is
related.)
==== Workaround ====
By setting
> set LANG=C
in command line, cabal comes to work.
I regard this is just a workaround and this issue should be reported as a
bug.
==== Related links ====
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9371438/cabal-install-complains-built-
in04-lexical-error-utf-8-decoding-error/9533205#9533205
http://trac.haskell.org/network/ticket/43
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/922>
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