#5765: ghc-cabal build failure with nonsense error message
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Reporter: jimstutt | Owner: igloo
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.4.1
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.2.2
Keywords: | Os: Unknown/Multiple
Architecture: x86 | Failure: Building GHC failed
Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Blocking:
Related: |
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Changes (by igloo):
* owner: => igloo
* difficulty: => Unknown
* milestone: => 7.4.1
Old description:
> Trying to install a second user instance of ghc-7.2.2 from
> ghc-7.2.2-src.tar.bz2 with config.mk.in edited to integer-simple and
> $GHC_PACKAGE_PATH set gives the following message:
>
> "Configuring Cabal-1.12.0... ghc-cabal: At least the following
> dependencies are missing
> base >=4 && <3 && >=2 && <5
> filepath >=1 && < 1.3
> unix >= 2.0 && <2.6
> make[1]: ** [libraries/Cabal/cabal/dist-boot/package-data.mk] Error 1
> make: ***[all] Error 1"
New description:
Trying to install a second user instance of ghc-7.2.2 from
ghc-7.2.2-src.tar.bz2 with config.mk.in edited to integer-simple and
$GHC_PACKAGE_PATH set gives the following message:
{{{
"Configuring Cabal-1.12.0... ghc-cabal: At least the following
dependencies are missing
base >=4 && <3 && >=2 && <5
filepath >=1 && < 1.3
unix >= 2.0 && <2.6
make[1]: ** [libraries/Cabal/cabal/dist-boot/package-data.mk] Error 1
make: ***[all] Error 1"
}}}
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Comment:
Thanks for the report. I'll take a look.
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