Re: [GHC] #12078: ghc-boot-th package reveals issue with build system's treatment of transitive dependencies

#12078: ghc-boot-th package reveals issue with build system's treatment of transitive dependencies -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 8.0.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Ben Gamari ): In [changeset:"5d80d14196ef048ffe037b2d92af2e9af0cb9e19/ghc" 5d80d141/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="5d80d14196ef048ffe037b2d92af2e9af0cb9e19" rules/build-prog: Ensure programs depend upon their transitive deps Previously programs only depended upon the direct dependencies; while I would have thought that this would be sufficient, somehow we were getting to the link step of building `ghc-pkg` before `ghc-boot-th` was built (despite the fact that `ghc-boot` has a direct dependency on `ghc-boot-th`). See #12078. }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12078#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler