#13945: make install fails when registering packages -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: mpickering | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- In the final part of installation when packages are registered, the following command fails {{{ "inplace/bin/ghc-cabal" register libraries/ghc-prim dist-install "/home/pgrads/mp16005/linux/installed-ghc/lib/ghc-8.2.0.20170708/bin/ghc" "/home/pgrads/mp16005/linux/installed-ghc/lib/ghc-8.2.0.20170708/bin/ghc- pkg" "/home/pgrads/mp16005/linux/installed-ghc/lib/ghc-8.2.0.20170708" '' '/home/pgrads/mp16005/linux/installed-ghc' '/home/pgrads/mp16005/linux /installed-ghc/lib/ghc-8.2.0.20170708' '/home/pgrads/mp16005/linux /installed-ghc/share/doc/ghc-8.2.0.20170708/html/libraries' NO }}} with the following output {{{ Registering library for ghc-prim-0.5.0.0.. ghc-cabal: '/home/pgrads/mp16005/linux/installed-ghc/lib/ghc-8.2.0.20170708/bin/ghc- pkg' exited with an error: ghc-pkg: Couldn't open database /home/pgrads/mp16005/linux/installed- ghc/lib/ghc-8.2.0.20170708/package.conf.d for modification: {handle: /home/pgrads/mp16005/linux/installed- ghc/lib/ghc-8.2.0.20170708/package.conf.d/package.cache.lock}: hLock: invalid argument (Bad file descriptor) }}} It might be something to do with the permissions I have on my machine but I used to be able to install ghc if I gave it a suitable prefix other than `/usr/local`. Here is the call stack from the crash if that's useful. {{{ CallStack (from HasCallStack): die', called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Program/Run.hs:142:7 in main:Distribution.Simple.Program.Run runProgramInvocation, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Program/HcPkg.hs:167:5 in main:Distribution.Simple.Program.HcPkg register, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs:1709:5 in main:Distribution.Simple.GHC registerPackage, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Register.hs:350:14 in main:Distribution.Simple.Register registerPackage, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Register.hs:172:16 in main:Distribution.Simple.Register registerAll, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Register.hs:125:5 in main:Distribution.Simple.Register register, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple.hs:770:10 in main:Distribution.Simple defaultRegHook, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple.hs:584:20 in main:Distribution.Simple regHook, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/UserHooks.hs:120:5 in main:Distribution.Simple.UserHooks regHook, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/UserHooks.hs:120:5 in main:Distribution.Simple.UserHooks cmd_hook, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple.hs:452:38 in main:Distribution.Simple cmd_hook, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple.hs:469:4 in main:Distribution.Simple hookedActionWithArgs, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple.hs:451:5 in main:Distribution.Simple hookedAction, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple.hs:430:5 in main:Distribution.Simple registerAction, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple.hs:184:50 in main:Distribution.Simple defaultMainHelper, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Distribution/Simple.hs:133:28 in main:Distribution.Simple defaultMainWithHooksArgs, called at utils/ghc-cabal/Main.hs:214:6 in main:Main }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13945 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler