#377: cabal install puts .hi files in wrong directory ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: cppljevans | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.3 Platform: | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- On my unbuntu OS, cabal install catagory-extras put the files as shown here: <---cut here--- [ 99 of 100] Compiling Control.Morphism.Exo ( src/Control/Morphism/Exo.hs, dist/build/Control/Morphism/Exo.o ) [100 of 100] Compiling Control.Morphism.Meta.Erwig ( src/Control/Morphism/Meta/Erwig.hs, dist/build/Control/Morphism/Meta/Erwig.o ) /usr/bin/ar: creating dist/build/libHScategory-extras-0.53.5.a Installing library in /root/.cabal/lib/category-extras-0.53.5/ghc-6.8.2 Registering category-extras-0.53.5... Reading package info from "dist/installed-pkg-config" ... done. Saving old package config file... done. Writing new package config file... done. <---cut here--- whereas with manual install, they're put as shown here: <---cut here--- [12 of 12] Compiling Data.Generics.UniplateOn ( Data/Generics/UniplateOn.hs, dist/build/Data/Generics/UniplateOn.o ) /usr/bin/ar: creating dist/build/libHSuniplate-1.2.0.1.a /home/evansl/download/haskell/libs/uniplate-1.2.0.1 # runhaskell Setup install Installing library in /usr/local/lib/uniplate-1.2.0.1/ghc-6.8.2 Registering uniplate-1.2.0.1... Reading package info from "dist/installed-pkg-config" ... done. Saving old package config file... done. Writing new package config file... done.
---cut here--- When I compile with ghc, ghc cannot find the /root/.cabal files. If the -i flag is used, the files are found; however, another error occurs: <---cut here--- make ghc -i/root/.cabal/lib/category-extras-0.53.5/ghc-6.8.2 -c catamorphism.example.hs
catamorphism.example.hs:19:0: Bad interface file: /root/.cabal/lib/category- extras-0.53.5/ghc-6.8.2/Control/Functor/Fix.hi Something is amiss; requested module main:Control.Functor.Fix differs from name found in the interface file category- extras-0.53.5:Control.Functor.Fix make: *** [all] Error 1
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-- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/377 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects