#2336: trying to load a module (with GHC API) causes the impossible to happen
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: GHC API
Version: 6.8.2 | Severity: normal
Keywords: | Testcase:
Architecture: Unknown | Os: Linux
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Here's a minimal test case to reproduce it:
{{{
~/programming% ghci
GHCi, version 6.8.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Prelude> :m + GHC
Prelude GHC> s <- newSession (Just "/usr/local/lib/ghc-6.8.2")
Loading package array-0.1.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package packedstring-0.1.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package containers-0.1.0.1 ... linking ... done.
Loading package old-locale-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package old-time-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package filepath-1.1.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package directory-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package unix-2.3.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package process-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package pretty-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package hpc-0.5.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package template-haskell ... linking ... done.
Loading package Cabal-1.2.3.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package random-1.0.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package haskell98 ... linking ... done.
Loading package bytestring-0.9.0.1 ... linking ... done.
Loading package readline-1.0.1.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package ghc-6.8.2 ... linking ... done.
Prelude GHC> prelude <- findModule s (mkModuleName "Prelude") Nothing
ghc-6.8.2: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
(GHC version 6.8.2 for i386-unknown-linux):
no package state yet: call GHC.setSessionDynFlags
Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
Prelude GHC>
}}}
Some details which might help:
{{{
~/programming% uname -a
Linux buckwheat 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
~/programming% lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10
Codename: gutsy
~/programming% ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.8.2
}}}
I installed GHC via the "ghc-6.8.2-i386-unknown-linux.tar.bz2" binary
package.
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