#7592: Building the latest master branch on FreeBSD 9.1 fails ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: kazu-yamamoto | Owner: pgj Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Os: FreeBSD Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: Building GHC failed Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase: Blockedby: | Blocking: Related: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment(by igloo): Hmm, on line 3039 of the log `inplace/bin/ghc-cabal` is created: {{{ Invoking recipe from utils/ghc-cabal/ghc.mk:22 to update target `inplace/bin/ghc-cabal'. "cp" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal inplace/bin/ghc-cabal }}} but then on line 5291 it appears to be out-of-date and gets rebuilt: {{{ Prerequisite `utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal' is newer than target `inplace/bin/ghc-cabal'. Prerequisite `inplace/bin//.' is order-only for target `inplace/bin /ghc-cabal'. Must remake target `inplace/bin/ghc-cabal'. Need a job token; we don't have children Invoking recipe from utils/ghc-cabal/ghc.mk:22 to update target `inplace/bin/ghc-cabal'. "cp" utils/ghc-cabal/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal inplace/bin/ghc-cabal }}} I can't see any reason for it being out-of-date. Please could you try modifying the `GHC_CABAL_INPLACE` rule on line 21 of `utils/ghc- cabal/ghc.mk` to this: {{{ $(GHC_CABAL_INPLACE) : $(GHC_CABAL_DIR)/dist/build/tmp/ghc-cabal$(exeext) | $$(dir $$@)/. -stat $< -stat $@ "$(CP)" $< $@ -stat $< -stat $@ }}} and do a build? Perhaps the output will give some insight. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7592#comment:10 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler