As you’ll see the directory is empty when the crash happens. And yes the folder is excluded. Also this behaviour is new. Simon From: Phyx [mailto:lonetiger@gmail.com] Sent: 04 October 2017 14:17 To: Simon Peyton Jones ; ghc-devs@haskell.org Subject: Re: More windows This looks like a file lock issue. Just to double check, but do you have the build folder excluded from the antivirus scanner? On Wed, Oct 4, 2017, 13:57 Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs mailto:ghc-devs@haskell.org> wrote: Now in my Windows build, staring with “sh validate –fast –no-clean” I get [230 of 232] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Parsec ( libraries\Cabal\Cabal\Distribution\PackageDescription\Parsec.hs, bootstrapping\Distribution\PackageDescription\Parsec.o ) [231 of 232] Compiling Distribution.Simple ( libraries\Cabal\Cabal\Distribution\Simple.hs, bootstrapping\Distribution\Simple.o ) [232 of 232] Compiling Main ( utils\ghc-cabal\Main.hs, bootstrapping\Main.o ) Linking utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe ... "inplace/lib/bin/touchy.exe" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe Unable to open utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe utils/genprimopcode/ghc.mk:19https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk%3A19&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=RBB0ZLl%2FEYwO7EfcTXr%2FKugBfnr1ecN%2Febs0rAKu1VE%3D&reserved=0: utils/genprimopcode/dist/package-data.mkhttps://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpackage-data.mk&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=QeEhyXBxi5n%2FhisTO6hX309ZFk47ek5NtGVDBNKbWLY%3D&reserved=0: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [utils/ghc-cabal/ghc.mk:57https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk%3A57&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=8qZlM0TvQvcySuregiRG5Ip%2FOR%2BVDAM6Dad1hUNEB%2FQ%3D&reserved=0: utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe] Error 1 make[1]: *** Deleting file 'utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe' make: *** [Makefile:123: all] Error 2 Simply repeating, thus “sh validate –fast”, I then get the same error /c/code/HEAD$ ls -l utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ total 0 /c/code/HEAD$ sh validate --fast --no-clean using THREADS=5 make: Entering directory '/c/code/HEAD/utils/checkUniques' ./check-uniques.py ../.. make: Leaving directory '/c/code/HEAD/utils/checkUniques' ===--- building phase 0 make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mkhttps://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=npxwtvhNnwLposvw%2B3k6rdhcQHEW7erd10hWCi5bvjg%3D&reserved=0 phase=0 phase_0_builds "c:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc.exe" -O0 -H64m -Wall \ -optc-Wall -optc-Werror -optc-fno-stack-protector \ \ -hide-all-packages \ -package ghc-prim -package base -package array -package transformers -package time -package containers -package bytestring -package deepseq -package process -package pretty -package directory -package Win32 \ --make utils/ghc-cabal/Main.hs -o utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe \ -no-user-package-db \ -Wall -fno-warn-unused-imports -fno-warn-warnings-deprecations \ -DCABAL_VERSION=2,0,0,2 \ -DCABAL_PARSEC \ -DBOOTSTRAPPING \ -odir bootstrapping \ -hidir bootstrapping \ bootstrapping/Cabal/Distribution/Parsec/Lexer.hs \ -ilibraries/Cabal/Cabal \ -ilibraries/binary/src \ -ilibraries/filepath \ -ilibraries/hpc \ -ilibraries/mtl \ -ilibraries/text \ libraries/text/cbits/cbits.c \ -Ilibraries/text/include \ -ilibraries/parsec \ \ Linking utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe ... "inplace/lib/bin/touchy.exe" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe Unable to open utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe make[1]: *** [utils/ghc-cabal/ghc.mk:57https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk%3A57&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=8qZlM0TvQvcySuregiRG5Ip%2FOR%2BVDAM6Dad1hUNEB%2FQ%3D&reserved=0: utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe] Error 1 make[1]: *** Deleting file 'utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe' make: *** [Makefile:123: all] Error 2 But trying “sh validate –fast” once more succeeds: /c/code/HEAD$ sh validate --fast --no-clean using THREADS=5 make: Entering directory '/c/code/HEAD/utils/checkUniques' ./check-uniques.py ../.. make: Leaving directory '/c/code/HEAD/utils/checkUniques' ===--- building phase 0 make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mkhttps://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=npxwtvhNnwLposvw%2B3k6rdhcQHEW7erd10hWCi5bvjg%3D&reserved=0 phase=0 phase_0_builds "c:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc.exe" -O0 -H64m -Wall \ -optc-Wall -optc-Werror -optc-fno-stack-protector \ \ -hide-all-packages \ -package ghc-prim -package base -package array -package transformers -package time -package containers -package bytestring -package deepseq -package process -package pretty -package directory -package Win32 \ --make utils/ghc-cabal/Main.hs -o utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe \ -no-user-package-db \ -Wall -fno-warn-unused-imports -fno-warn-warnings-deprecations \ -DCABAL_VERSION=2,0,0,2 \ -DCABAL_PARSEC \ -DBOOTSTRAPPING \ -odir bootstrapping \ -hidir bootstrapping \ bootstrapping/Cabal/Distribution/Parsec/Lexer.hs \ -ilibraries/Cabal/Cabal \ -ilibraries/binary/src \ -ilibraries/filepath \ -ilibraries/hpc \ -ilibraries/mtl \ -ilibraries/text \ libraries/text/cbits/cbits.c \ -Ilibraries/text/include \ -ilibraries/parsec \ \ Linking utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe ... "inplace/lib/bin/touchy.exe" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe "cp" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe inplace/bin/ghc-cabal.exe "inplace/bin/ghc-cabal.exe" configure libraries/binary dist-boot --with-ghc="c:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc.exe" --with-ghc-pkg="c:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc-pkg" --package-db=C:/code/HEAD/libraries/bootstrapping.conf --disable-library-for-ghci --enable-library-vanilla --enable-library-for-ghci --disable-library-profiling --disable-shared --with-hscolour="/c/fp/HP-8.0.1/lib/extralibs/bin/HsColour" --configure-option=CFLAGS="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -Wno-error=inline" --configure-option=LDFLAGS=" " --configure-option=CPPFLAGS=" " --gcc-options="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -Wno-error=inline " --constraint "binary == 0.8.5.1" --constraint "text == 1.2.3.0" --constraint "transformers == 0.5.4.0" --constraint "mtl == 2.2.2" --constraint "parsec == 3.1.12" --constraint "Cabal == 2.0.0.2" --constraint "hpc == 0.6.0.3" --constraint "ghc-boot-th == 8.3" --constraint "ghc-boot == 8.3" --constraint "template-haskell == 2.13.0.0" --constraint "ghci == 8.3" --with-gcc="C:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/lib/../mingw/bin/gcc.exe" --with-ld="C:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/lib/../mingw/bin/ld.exe" --with-ar="C:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/lib/../mingw/bin/ar.exe" --with-alex="/c/fp/HP-8.0.1/lib/extralibs/bin/alex" --with-happy="/c/fp/HP-8.0.1/lib/extralibs/bin/happy" …etc etc I’m stumped. 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Any ideas anyone? When I restart the build, it gets past the blockage (which seems highly specific). But it’s jolly annoying. Simon From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs Sent: 04 October 2017 17:25 To: Phyx ; ghc-devs@haskell.org Subject: RE: More windows As you’ll see the directory is empty when the crash happens. And yes the folder is excluded (from virus checking). Also this behaviour is new. Simon From: Phyx [mailto:lonetiger@gmail.com] Sent: 04 October 2017 14:17 To: Simon Peyton Jones mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com>; ghc-devs@haskell.orgmailto:ghc-devs@haskell.org Subject: Re: More windows This looks like a file lock issue. Just to double check, but do you have the build folder excluded from the antivirus scanner? On Wed, Oct 4, 2017, 13:57 Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs mailto:ghc-devs@haskell.org> wrote: Now in my Windows build, staring with “sh validate –fast –no-clean” I get [230 of 232] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Parsec ( libraries\Cabal\Cabal\Distribution\PackageDescription\Parsec.hs, bootstrapping\Distribution\PackageDescription\Parsec.o ) [231 of 232] Compiling Distribution.Simple ( libraries\Cabal\Cabal\Distribution\Simple.hs, bootstrapping\Distribution\Simple.o ) [232 of 232] Compiling Main ( utils\ghc-cabal\Main.hs, bootstrapping\Main.o ) Linking utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe ... "inplace/lib/bin/touchy.exe" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe Unable to open utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe utils/genprimopcode/ghc.mk:19https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk%3A19&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=RBB0ZLl%2FEYwO7EfcTXr%2FKugBfnr1ecN%2Febs0rAKu1VE%3D&reserved=0: utils/genprimopcode/dist/package-data.mkhttps://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpackage-data.mk&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=QeEhyXBxi5n%2FhisTO6hX309ZFk47ek5NtGVDBNKbWLY%3D&reserved=0: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [utils/ghc-cabal/ghc.mk:57https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk%3A57&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=8qZlM0TvQvcySuregiRG5Ip%2FOR%2BVDAM6Dad1hUNEB%2FQ%3D&reserved=0: utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe] Error 1 make[1]: *** Deleting file 'utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe' make: *** [Makefile:123: all] Error 2 Simply repeating, thus “sh validate –fast”, I then get the same error /c/code/HEAD$ ls -l utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ total 0 /c/code/HEAD$ sh validate --fast --no-clean using THREADS=5 make: Entering directory '/c/code/HEAD/utils/checkUniques' ./check-uniques.py ../.. make: Leaving directory '/c/code/HEAD/utils/checkUniques' ===--- building phase 0 make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mkhttps://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=npxwtvhNnwLposvw%2B3k6rdhcQHEW7erd10hWCi5bvjg%3D&reserved=0 phase=0 phase_0_builds "c:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc.exe" -O0 -H64m -Wall \ -optc-Wall -optc-Werror -optc-fno-stack-protector \ \ -hide-all-packages \ -package ghc-prim -package base -package array -package transformers -package time -package containers -package bytestring -package deepseq -package process -package pretty -package directory -package Win32 \ --make utils/ghc-cabal/Main.hs -o utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe \ -no-user-package-db \ -Wall -fno-warn-unused-imports -fno-warn-warnings-deprecations \ -DCABAL_VERSION=2,0,0,2 \ -DCABAL_PARSEC \ -DBOOTSTRAPPING \ -odir bootstrapping \ -hidir bootstrapping \ bootstrapping/Cabal/Distribution/Parsec/Lexer.hs \ -ilibraries/Cabal/Cabal \ -ilibraries/binary/src \ -ilibraries/filepath \ -ilibraries/hpc \ -ilibraries/mtl \ -ilibraries/text \ libraries/text/cbits/cbits.c \ -Ilibraries/text/include \ -ilibraries/parsec \ \ Linking utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe ... "inplace/lib/bin/touchy.exe" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe Unable to open utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe make[1]: *** [utils/ghc-cabal/ghc.mk:57https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk%3A57&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=8qZlM0TvQvcySuregiRG5Ip%2FOR%2BVDAM6Dad1hUNEB%2FQ%3D&reserved=0: utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe] Error 1 make[1]: *** Deleting file 'utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe' make: *** [Makefile:123: all] Error 2 But trying “sh validate –fast” once more succeeds: /c/code/HEAD$ sh validate --fast --no-clean using THREADS=5 make: Entering directory '/c/code/HEAD/utils/checkUniques' ./check-uniques.py ../.. make: Leaving directory '/c/code/HEAD/utils/checkUniques' ===--- building phase 0 make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mkhttps://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fghc.mk&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C8b77247501d641a1542908d50b2a3dc8%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636427198412189281&sdata=npxwtvhNnwLposvw%2B3k6rdhcQHEW7erd10hWCi5bvjg%3D&reserved=0 phase=0 phase_0_builds "c:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc.exe" -O0 -H64m -Wall \ -optc-Wall -optc-Werror -optc-fno-stack-protector \ \ -hide-all-packages \ -package ghc-prim -package base -package array -package transformers -package time -package containers -package bytestring -package deepseq -package process -package pretty -package directory -package Win32 \ --make utils/ghc-cabal/Main.hs -o utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe \ -no-user-package-db \ -Wall -fno-warn-unused-imports -fno-warn-warnings-deprecations \ -DCABAL_VERSION=2,0,0,2 \ -DCABAL_PARSEC \ -DBOOTSTRAPPING \ -odir bootstrapping \ -hidir bootstrapping \ bootstrapping/Cabal/Distribution/Parsec/Lexer.hs \ -ilibraries/Cabal/Cabal \ -ilibraries/binary/src \ -ilibraries/filepath \ -ilibraries/hpc \ -ilibraries/mtl \ -ilibraries/text \ libraries/text/cbits/cbits.c \ -Ilibraries/text/include \ -ilibraries/parsec \ \ Linking utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe ... "inplace/lib/bin/touchy.exe" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe "cp" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal.exe inplace/bin/ghc-cabal.exe "inplace/bin/ghc-cabal.exe" configure libraries/binary dist-boot --with-ghc="c:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc.exe" --with-ghc-pkg="c:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/bin/ghc-pkg" --package-db=C:/code/HEAD/libraries/bootstrapping.conf --disable-library-for-ghci --enable-library-vanilla --enable-library-for-ghci --disable-library-profiling --disable-shared --with-hscolour="/c/fp/HP-8.0.1/lib/extralibs/bin/HsColour" --configure-option=CFLAGS="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -Wno-error=inline" --configure-option=LDFLAGS=" " --configure-option=CPPFLAGS=" " --gcc-options="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -Wno-error=inline " --constraint "binary == 0.8.5.1" --constraint "text == 1.2.3.0" --constraint "transformers == 0.5.4.0" --constraint "mtl == 2.2.2" --constraint "parsec == 3.1.12" --constraint "Cabal == 2.0.0.2" --constraint "hpc == 0.6.0.3" --constraint "ghc-boot-th == 8.3" --constraint "ghc-boot == 8.3" --constraint "template-haskell == 2.13.0.0" --constraint "ghci == 8.3" --with-gcc="C:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/lib/../mingw/bin/gcc.exe" --with-ld="C:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/lib/../mingw/bin/ld.exe" --with-ar="C:/fp/ghc-8.0.2/lib/../mingw/bin/ar.exe" --with-alex="/c/fp/HP-8.0.1/lib/extralibs/bin/alex" --with-happy="/c/fp/HP-8.0.1/lib/extralibs/bin/happy" …etc etc I’m stumped. 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Oddly it's started working. I have no idea why. I'll yell if it breaks again. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Ben Gamari [mailto:ben@well-typed.com] | Sent: 11 October 2017 14:11 | To: Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs ; Simon Peyton | Jones ; GHC developers | Subject: RE: More windows | | Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs writes: | | > Any ideas anyone? When I restart the build, it gets past the blockage | > (which seems highly specific). But it’s jolly annoying. | > | Hi Simon, | | Perhaps let's try this, | | 1. download and run the procmon tool from [1] | 2. from the "Filter" menu select the "Filter..." option | 3. select "Path" in the first drop-down | 4. select "contains" in the second drop-down | 5. enter "ghc-cabal.exe" in the third text box | 6. select "Include in the fourth drop-down | 8. click the "Add" button | 7. click the "Ok" button | | Now you should be logging events pertaining to the file in question. Now | simply run `./validate` to try to reproduce the issue. | | With luck this will produce a handful of events, some of which ought to | point to the process that it responsible for meddling with the GHC | build. | | Now export this log, | | 1. select "Save" from the "File" menu | 2. select the "Events displayed using current filter" option | 3. select the "CSV" format, select a path that will be easy to file | 4. return this file to me (perhaps via GitHub Gist [2]?) | | Hopefully this will give us some insight into what is happening. | | Cheers, | | - Ben | | | [1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon | [2] https://gist.github.com/