Simon, I think the issue was a missing entry in the .gitignore file. Ryan fixed something to with that in this MR (https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/3222) but he says it was the dist-boot rather than dist-install directory.
Matt On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 4:03 PM Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs <ghc-devs@haskell.org> wrote: > > Thanks. It does have a directory dist-install/ in it – but that’s put there > by the build system, so if I remove it, it’ll just come back. And other > libraries (like deepseq) has dist-install too but does not complain. So > mysterious. > > > > On the other hand git submodule update –recursive *did* fix it. Seems odd. > I’m already saying “submodules” and I don’ think any submodules have further > submodules – or do they? > > > > Simon > > > > From: ghc-devs <ghc-devs-boun...@haskell.org> On Behalf Of Hécate > Sent: 15 May 2020 15:37 > To: ghc-devs@haskell.org > Subject: Re: Strange library git glitch > > > > My bad, it seems like this is another issue. > > I found this StackOverflow page quite helpful in explaining the hows and whys: > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4873980/git-diff-says-subproject-is-dirty > > Cheers, > > Hécate > > Le 15/05/2020 à 16:30, Hécate a écrit : > > Hi Simon, > > I usually manage to get it to disappear by using `git submodule update > --recursive`. > Is it a flag you've used in your previous attempts? > > Cheers, > > Hécate. > > Le 15/05/2020 à 16:24, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs a écrit : > > No amount of git submodule update makes it go away. Any ideas? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ghc-devs mailing list > > ghc-devs@haskell.org > > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list ghc-devs@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs
