Can you try running the setup script manually? ghc --make Setup.hs ./Setup configure
and see if it prints an error that's any more helpful? Also, what operating system and version of ghc do you have? -Judah On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 1:57 PM, David Banas <capn.fre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone else hit an unexplained *ExitFailure 139* when trying to > install the *haskeline* package? > > Thanks, > -db > > dbanas@dbanas-lap:~/prj$ cabal install -v haskeline > Reading available packages... > Choosing modular solver. > Resolving dependencies... > Extracting > /home/dbanas/.cabal/packages/ > hackage.haskell.org/haskeline/0.7.0.3/haskeline-0.7.0.3.tar.gz > to /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574... > creating /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/dist/setup > creating /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/dist > creating /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/dist/setup > /usr/local/bin/ghc --make > /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/Setup.hs -o > /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/dist/setup/setup -odir > /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/dist/setup -hidir > /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/dist/setup -i > -i/tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3 -package Cabal-1.16.0 > [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( > /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/Setup.hs, > /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/dist/setup/Main.o ) > Linking /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/dist/setup/setup ... > /tmp/haskeline-0.7.0.3-16574/haskeline-0.7.0.3/dist/setup/setup configure > --verbose=2 --ghc --prefix=/home/dbanas/.cabal --user --flags=terminfo > --flags=-libiconv --flags=-legacy-encoding --constraint=unix ==2.6.0.1 > --constraint=transformers ==0.3.0.0 --constraint=terminfo ==0.3.2.5 > --constraint=filepath ==1.3.0.1 --constraint=directory ==1.2.0.1 > --constraint=containers ==0.5.0.0 --constraint=bytestring ==0.10.0.2 > --constraint=base ==4.6.0.1 --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks > World file is already up to date. > cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: > haskeline-0.7.0.3 failed during the configure step. The exception was: > ExitFailure 139 > dbanas@dbanas-lap:~/prj$ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > >
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