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module CutParse(main) where in Main.hs to module Main(main) where Best regards Thorkil On Saturday 10 March 2007 18:08, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote: > Required Information: > > 1. What kind of machine are you running on, and exactly what version > of the operating system are you using? (on a Unix system, uname -a or > cat /etc/motd will show the desired information.) > > $ uname -a > > Linux aldeberan 2.6.16.13-3c95x #3 PREEMPT Tue May 2 23:16:59 PDT 2006 > i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux > > > 2. What version of GCC are you using? gcc -v will tell you. > > bash-2.05b$ gcc -v > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/specs > Configured with: ../gcc-3.3.4/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared > --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-checking > --with-gnu-ld --verbose --target=i486-slackware-linux > --host=i486-slackware-linux > Thread model: posix > gcc version 3.3.4 > > 3. Run the sequence of compiles/runs that caused the offending > behaviour, capturing all the input/output in a "script" (a UNIX > command) or in an Emacs shell window. We'd prefer to see the whole > thing. > > bash-2.05b$ cat Main.hs > module CutParse(main) where > > main :: IO () > main = do putStr "Hello world!" > > bash-2.05b$ ghc --make -v Main > Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Version 6.4.1, for Haskell 98, compiled by > GHC version 6.2.2 > Using package config file: /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.4.1/package.conf > Hsc static flags: -static > *** Chasing dependencies: > Chasing modules from: Main > Stable modules: > *** Compiling CutParse ( Main.hs, interpreted ): > compile: input file Main.hs > *** Checking old interface for CutParse: > Compiling CutParse ( Main.hs, Main.o ) > *** Parser: > *** Renamer/typechecker: > *** Desugar: > Result size = 30 > *** Simplify: > Result size = 6 > *** Tidy Core: > Result size = 6 > *** CorePrep: > Result size = 8 > *** Stg2Stg: > *** CodeGen: > *** CodeOutput: > *** Assembler > gcc -I. -c /tmp/ghc11833.s -o Main.o > *** Deleting temp files > Deleting: /tmp/ghc11833.s > Upsweep completely successful. > *** Deleting temp files > Deleting: > link(batch): upsweep (partially) failed OR > Main.main not exported; not linking. > *** Deleting temp files > Deleting: > bash-2.05b$ ls > Main.hi Main.hs Main.o > > NOTE: I have verified this problem exists with both the GHC 6.2.2 and > 6.4.1 compilers. I do not yet have 6.6.x due to the hours it takes to > compile on my box. > > 5. What is the program behaviour that is wrong, in your opinion? > > According to two sources: > > * http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/6.4/html/users_guide/modes.html#make-mode > * ghc --help > > I should be able to "simply" invoke the --make option to have it build > a complete program. The program was reduced to a simple "Hello world" > program for the sake of demonstration in this bug. However, nothing I > do convinces GHC to produce an executable, as per provided > documentation. > > Folks on IRC also suggested using the --main-is= flag, as follows: > > bash-2.05$ ghc --make -v --main-is=Main.main Main > > however, this also produces the same result -- no executable binary. > > 6. If practical, please send enough source files for us to duplicate > the problem. > > See attached file. > > I should point out that, in all honesty, I think this is a bug with > the documentation more than a bug with GHC itself; clearly, GHC 6.2.2 > was used to *build* GHC 6.4.1, so it MUST be possible to emit > binaries. The trick is giving it the right options to do so. My > thinking is that the documentation is not correct in this area. > > Alternatively, --make itself may be buggy, and that GHC 6.4.1 was > built without using it. > > Either way, there is a fundamental disconnect between docs and reality. :) > > Thank you. > > -- > Samuel A. Falvo II > _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list Glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs
