[Hackage] #599: bootstrap of cabal-install fails on ghc 6.12rc1

17 Oct 2009

      #599: bootstrap of cabal-install fails on ghc 6.12rc1
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  Reporter:  guest               |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:         
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.6.0.1
  Severity:  major               |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown             |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:  Linux               |  
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 I tried to bootstrap cabal-install on ghc 6.12rc1. After installing the
 required network and parsec packages from hackage, I ran bootstrap.sh and
 this is what I got:

 {{{
 [greenrd@fedora cabal-install-0.6.2]$ ./bootstrap.sh
 Checking installed packages for ghc-6.12.0.20091010...
 parsec is already installed and the version is ok.
 network is already installed and the version is ok.
 Cabal-1.6.0.2 will be downloaded and installed.
 HTTP-4000.0.4 will be downloaded and installed.
 zlib-0.5.0.0 will be downloaded and installed.

 Downloading Cabal-1.6.0.2...
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 Current
                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
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 85089
 [ 1 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.Permissions (
 Distribution/Compat/Permissions.hs, Distribution/Compat/Permissions.o )

 Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.hs:1:11:
     Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or pragma
 {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead

 Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.hs:4:15:
     Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or pragma
 {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead

 Distribution/Simple/Utils.hs:1:11:
     Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or pragma
 {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead

 Distribution/Simple/Utils.hs:4:15:
     Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or pragma
 {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead
 [ 2 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC.Makefile (
 Distribution/Simple/GHC/Makefile.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC/Makefile.o )
 [ 3 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.Exception (
 Distribution/Compat/Exception.hs, Distribution/Compat/Exception.o )
 [ 4 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.TempFile (
 Distribution/Compat/TempFile.hs, Distribution/Compat/TempFile.o )

 Distribution/Compat/TempFile.hs:27:0:
     Warning: Module `GHC.Handle' is deprecated:
                  [use GHC.IO.Handle.Base instead]
 [ 5 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.CopyFile (
 Distribution/Compat/CopyFile.hs, Distribution/Compat/CopyFile.o )
 [ 6 of 51] Compiling Distribution.GetOpt ( Distribution/GetOpt.hs,
 Distribution/GetOpt.o )
 [ 7 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.ReadP (
 Distribution/Compat/ReadP.hs, Distribution/Compat/ReadP.o )
 [ 8 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.PreProcess.Unlit (
 Distribution/Simple/PreProcess/Unlit.hs,
 Distribution/Simple/PreProcess/Unlit.o )
 [ 9 of 51] Compiling Distribution.ReadE ( Distribution/ReadE.hs,
 Distribution/ReadE.o )
 [10 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Text ( Distribution/Text.hs,
 Distribution/Text.o )
 [11 of 51] Compiling Distribution.ModuleName ( Distribution/ModuleName.hs,
 Distribution/ModuleName.o )
 [12 of 51] Compiling Distribution.System ( Distribution/System.hs,
 Distribution/System.o )
 [13 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Verbosity ( Distribution/Verbosity.hs,
 Distribution/Verbosity.o )
 [14 of 51] Compiling Language.Haskell.Extension (
 Language/Haskell/Extension.hs, Language/Haskell/Extension.o )
 [15 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Version ( Distribution/Version.hs,
 Distribution/Version.o )
 [16 of 51] Compiling Distribution.License ( Distribution/License.hs,
 Distribution/License.o )
 [17 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compiler ( Distribution/Compiler.hs,
 Distribution/Compiler.o )
 [18 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Compiler (
 Distribution/Simple/Compiler.hs, Distribution/Simple/Compiler.o )
 [19 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Package ( Distribution/Package.hs,
 Distribution/Package.o )
 [20 of 51] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription (
 Distribution/PackageDescription.hs, Distribution/PackageDescription.o )
 [21 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Utils (
 Distribution/Simple/Utils.hs, Distribution/Simple/Utils.o )
 [22 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program (
 Distribution/Simple/Program.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program.o )
 [23 of 51] Compiling Distribution.ParseUtils ( Distribution/ParseUtils.hs,
 Distribution/ParseUtils.o )
 [24 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Command (
 Distribution/Simple/Command.hs, Distribution/Simple/Command.o )
 [25 of 51] Compiling Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo (
 Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.hs, Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.o
 )
 [26 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.InstallDirs (
 Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.hs, Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.o )
 [27 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Setup (
 Distribution/Simple/Setup.hs, Distribution/Simple/Setup.o )
 [28 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.PackageIndex (
 Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.hs, Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.o )
 [29 of 51] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Configuration (
 Distribution/PackageDescription/Configuration.hs,
 Distribution/PackageDescription/Configuration.o )
 [30 of 51] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Parse (
 Distribution/PackageDescription/Parse.hs,
 Distribution/PackageDescription/Parse.o )
 [31 of 51] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Check (
 Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.hs,
 Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.o )
 [32 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.LocalBuildInfo (
 Distribution/Simple/LocalBuildInfo.hs,
 Distribution/Simple/LocalBuildInfo.o )
 [33 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.BuildPaths (
 Distribution/Simple/BuildPaths.hs, Distribution/Simple/BuildPaths.o )
 [34 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.PreProcess (
 Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs, Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.o )
 [35 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.UserHooks (
 Distribution/Simple/UserHooks.hs, Distribution/Simple/UserHooks.o )
 [36 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.SrcDist (
 Distribution/Simple/SrcDist.hs, Distribution/Simple/SrcDist.o )
 [37 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Register (
 Distribution/Simple/Register.hs, Distribution/Simple/Register.o )
 [38 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Build.Macros (
 Distribution/Simple/Build/Macros.hs, Distribution/Simple/Build/Macros.o )
 [39 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Build.PathsModule (
 Distribution/Simple/Build/PathsModule.hs,
 Distribution/Simple/Build/PathsModule.o )
 [40 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Hugs (
 Distribution/Simple/Hugs.hs, Distribution/Simple/Hugs.o )
 [41 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.NHC ( Distribution/Simple/NHC.hs,
 Distribution/Simple/NHC.o )
 [42 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.JHC ( Distribution/Simple/JHC.hs,
 Distribution/Simple/JHC.o )
 [43 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC.IPI642 (
 Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI642.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI642.o )
 [44 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC.IPI641 (
 Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI641.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI641.o )
 [45 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC ( Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs,
 Distribution/Simple/GHC.o )
 [46 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Build (
 Distribution/Simple/Build.hs, Distribution/Simple/Build.o )
 [47 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Haddock (
 Distribution/Simple/Haddock.hs, Distribution/Simple/Haddock.o )
 [48 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Configure (
 Distribution/Simple/Configure.hs, Distribution/Simple/Configure.o )
 [49 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Install (
 Distribution/Simple/Install.hs, Distribution/Simple/Install.o )
 [50 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple ( Distribution/Simple.hs,
 Distribution/Simple.o )
 [51 of 51] Compiling Main             ( Setup.hs, Setup.o )
 Linking Setup ...
 Configuring Cabal-1.6.0.2...
 Setup: failed to parse output of 'ghc-pkg dump'

 Error during cabal-install bootstrap:
 Configuring the Cabal package failed
 }}}

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Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/599
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