Re: Alex install failure

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Ben Gamari wrote: > Hmm, interesting. So it seems almost certain at this point that you are > not running the lock daemon. In contrast, on an NFSv3 client that I > setup I see, > This is moderately likely to be common: many people

RE: Alex install failure

Ben Gamari writes: snip > Hmmm. I'll need to do some reading at this point. > I am now able to reproduce the issue locally. Stay tuned. signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ ghc-devs mailing list ghc-devs@haskell.org

RE: Alex install failure

Simon Peyton Jones writes: > sudo rpcinfo -p >program vers proto port service > 104 tcp111 portmapper > 103 tcp111 portmapper > 102 tcp111 portmapper > 104 udp111 portmapper > 10

RE: Alex install failure

Riedel | <hvrie...@gmail.com>; ghc-devs <ghc-devs@haskell.org> | Subject: RE: Alex install failure | | Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs <ghc-devs@haskell.org> writes: | | > | note that you mistyped "lockd" (aka "lock daemon") as "locd" | >

RE: Alex install failure

Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs writes: > | note that you mistyped "lockd" (aka "lock daemon") as "locd" > > Oh, sorry about mistyping > > simonpj@cam-05-unx:~/tmp$ ps -Af | grep lockd > root 140 2 0 2016 ?00:00:00 [kblockd] > simonpj 7882 1184 0

RE: Alex install failure

of administrative privileges associated with your user account. rpcinfo: command not found | -Original Message- | From: Herbert Valerio Riedel [mailto:hvrie...@gmail.com] | Sent: 28 August 2017 12:51 | To: Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com> | Subject: Re: Alex inst

RE: Alex install failure

Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs writes: > | I have implemented this in wip/ghc-pkg-locking. Do you think you could give > | this branch a try? If it still fails then we'll have to try to debug things > | in-situ. > > Alas, no go. > Hmm, alright then. What do the

RE: Alex install failure

2017 13:53 | To: Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com> | Cc: ghc-devs <ghc-devs@haskell.org> | Subject: RE: Alex install failure | | Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com> writes: | | > | Hmm. Here's a shot in the dark: is home home directory mounted via |

RE: Alex install failure

Simon Peyton Jones writes: > | Hmm. Here's a shot in the dark: is home home directory mounted via NFS by > | any chance? > > Direct hit! (for the shot in the dark). Yes it's NFS mounted I think. > So what? Hi Simon, Sorry for the rather belated reply; I was knocked off

RE: Alex install failure

Simon Peyton Jones writes: > | Then you're another victim of > | > | https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13945 > Oh dear, yes, it looks like I lost track of this one. > [Reads ticket]. Blimey. This looks serious. As in release-blocker > (except that we have

RE: Alex install failure

Simon Peyton Jones writes: > | Hmm. Here's a shot in the dark: is home home directory mounted via NFS by > | any chance? > > Direct hit! (for the shot in the dark). Yes it's NFS mounted I think. So > what? > Well, as others have pointed out NFS and locking tends to be

Re: Alex install failure

@ara.io] > | Sent: 19 August 2017 00:07 > | To: Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com> > | Cc: Ben Gamari <b...@smart-cactus.org>; ghc-devs <ghc-devs@haskell.org> > | Subject: Re: Alex install failure > | > | [You don't often get ema

RE: Alex install failure

ari <b...@smart-cactus.org>; ghc-devs <ghc-devs@haskell.org> | Subject: Re: Alex install failure | | [You don't often get email from m...@ara.io. Learn why this is important at | http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] | | NFS can be pretty dodgy with transient files due to

Re: Alex install failure

; | -Original Message- > | From: Ben Gamari [mailto:b...@smart-cactus.org] > | Sent: 18 August 2017 13:05 > | To: Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com>; ghc-devs | d...@haskell.org> > | Subject: Re: Alex install failure > | > | Simon Peyton Jones via gh

RE: Alex install failure

- | From: Herbert Valerio Riedel [mailto:hvrie...@gmail.com] | Sent: 18 August 2017 23:53 | To: Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com> | Cc: Ben Gamari <b...@smart-cactus.org>; ghc-devs <ghc-devs@haskell.org> | Subject: Re: Alex install failure | | On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 12:4

Re: Alex install failure

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 12:43 AM, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs wrote: > | Hmm. Here's a shot in the dark: is home home directory mounted via NFS by > | any chance? > > Direct hit! (for the shot in the dark). Yes it's NFS mounted I think. So > what? Then you're

RE: Alex install failure

| To: Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com>; ghc-devs | Subject: Re: Alex install failure | | Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs <ghc-devs@haskell.org> writes: | | > Friends | > I'm trying to update my installation of alex, on Unix (Ubuntu). But I | > get the dump below It's com

RE: Alex install failure

...@gmail.com] | Sent: 18 August 2017 11:59 | To: Simon Peyton Jones <simo...@microsoft.com> | Subject: Re: Alex install failure | | Try removing | | /home/simonpj/.ghc/x86_64-linux-8.2.1/package.conf.d/package.cache.lock | | | | On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs

Re: Alex install failure

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Ben Gamari wrote: > Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs writes: > > I'm trying to update my installation of alex, on Unix (Ubuntu). But I > get the dump below > > It's complaining about a lock file being an invalid

Re: Alex install failure

Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs writes: > Friends > I'm trying to update my installation of alex, on Unix (Ubuntu). But I get > the dump below > It's complaining about a lock file being an invalid argument (see highlight > below). > If I manually remove the file I get

Alex install failure

Friends I'm trying to update my installation of alex, on Unix (Ubuntu). But I get the dump below It's complaining about a lock file being an invalid argument (see highlight below). If I manually remove the file I get past that, it successfully installs tf-random, but the same thing happens on