#2955: Data in $HOME/.ghc is not validated leading to obscure error messages
when
using ghc
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Reporter: erikd | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Compiler
Version: 6.8.2 | Severity: normal
Keywords: | Testcase:
Os: Linux | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
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I installed cabal-install-0.6.0 from source, used ghc for a couple of days
and then deleted the $HOME/.cabal directory.
A couple of days later a whole bunch of stuff was failing to compile with
ghc. With a bit of help from the #haskell IRC channel, I tracked this down
to the file $HOME/.ghc/i386-linux-6.8.2/package.conf which pointed to the
recently deleted $HOME/.cabal directory.
The fix would be to validate all data in $HOME/.ghc and if needed provide
a decent error message.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2955>
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