RE: WSL2

| Hmm, this is quite unfortunate. My recollection is that WSL2 by | default runs an Ubuntu image, so I'm somewhat surprised that this is | failing. bash$ uname -a Linux MSRC-3645512 5.4.72-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Wed Oct 28 23:40:43 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux bash$ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)" ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS" VERSION_ID="20.04" HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy" VERSION_CODENAME=focal UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal | -----Original Message----- | From: Ben Gamari | Sent: 10 March 2021 17:22 | To: Simon Peyton Jones ; ghc-devs | Subject: Re: WSL2 | | Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs writes: | | > Friends | > I've just installed WSL2 and built GHC. | > I get this (single) validation failure in | > libraries/unix/tests/getGroupEntryForName. It seems to be just an | > error message wibble, but I can't push a change to master because | > that'll affect everyone else. | | Hmm, this is quite unfortunate. My recollection is that WSL2 by | default runs an Ubuntu image, so I'm somewhat surprised that this is | failing. | | Can you paste the output of `uname -a` and `cat /etc/os-release`? | | Cheers, | | - Ben