#8122: make binary-dist broken on OS X in HEAD ------------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: danharaj | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 7.7 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: MacOS X | Architecture: x86_64 Type of failure: Installing GHC failed | (amd64) Test Case: | Difficulty: Unknown Blocking: | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: ------------------------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by edsko): In the case of `sh validate` this happens when the validate script calls {{{ $make binary-dist-prep }}} which it only does if you don't specify `FAST`, which might be why the OP was able to run validate. Tracking this down further, it gets stuck on: {{{ # make -r --no-print-directory -f ghc.mk bindist BINDIST=YES "cp" -p ghc/stage1/build/tmp/ inplace/lib/bin/ghc-stage1 cp: ghc/stage1/build/tmp/ is a directory (not copied). make: *** [inplace/lib/bin/ghc-stage1] Error 1 }}} This particular `cp` command comes from the following rule in `build- prog.mk`: {{{ # INPLACE_BIN might be empty if we're distcleaning ifeq "$(findstring clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" "" ifeq "$$($1_$2_INSTALL_INPLACE)" "YES" $$($1_$2_INPLACE) : $1/$2/build/tmp/$$($1_$2_PROG_INPLACE) | $$$$(dir $$$$@)/. "$$(CP)" -p $$< $$@ endif endif }}} (lines 294-300). At this point somebody more familiar with the build system might have some idea? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8122#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler