#3344: request earlier and more perspicuous detection of tab characters in
compiler/ghc.cabal.in
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Reporter: nr | Owner:
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: Build System
Version: 6.11 | Severity: normal
Keywords: | Testcase:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
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It turns out that if there is a tab character in
{{{compiler/ghc.cabal.in}}} then the build fails in a way that I at least
found hard to diagnose. Since the configure script builds
{{{compiler/ghc.cabal}}} from {{{compiler/ghc.cabal.in}}}, life would be a
lot simpler if the build fell over at that point with an error saying that
tab characters are forbidden in that file.
Since I believe the tab character is a tool of Satan, I would not dream of
suggesting that the configure script run expand(1) over the offending
file.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3344>
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