#10099: cabal install broken with ghc 7.10.1-rc2 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: trommler | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: highest | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Package | Version: 7.10.1-rc2 system | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Keywords: | Type of failure: Runtime crash Architecture: | Blocked By: Unknown/Multiple | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Trying to install a package with cabal-install and Cabal from ghc 7.10-rc2 consistently gives this error message (`primitive` is just an example): {{{ peter@montebre:~> cabal install primitive Resolving dependencies... Configuring primitive-0.5.4.0... cabal: Distribution/Client/Config.hs:(246,37)-(299,9): Missing field in record construction configProf }}} This is my package database: {{{ peter@montebre:~> ghc-pkg list /usr/lib64/ghc-7.10.0.20150123/package.conf.d Cabal-1.22.1.0 HTTP-4000.2.19 array-0.5.0.1 base-4.8.0.0 bin-package-db-0.0.0.0 binary-0.7.3.0 bytestring-0.10.6.0 containers-0.5.6.2 deepseq-1.4.0.0 directory-1.2.2.0 filepath-1.3.1.0 ghc-7.10.0.20150123 ghc-prim-0.3.1.0 haskeline-0.7.2.0 hoopl-3.10.0.2 hpc-0.6.0.2 integer-gmp-1.0.0.0 mtl-2.2.1 network-2.4.2.3 old-locale-1.0.0.7 old-time-1.1.0.3 parsec-3.1.8 pretty-1.1.2.0 process-1.2.2.0 random-1.0.1.1 rts-1.0 stm-2.4.2 syb-0.4.4 template-haskell-2.10.0.0 terminfo-0.4.0.1 text-1.2.0.4 th-desugar-1.5 th-lift-0.7 time-1.5.0.1 transformers-0.4.2.0 unix-2.7.1.0 xhtml-3000.2.1 zlib-0.5.4.2 }}} I updated only those packages (from their versions in Haskell Platform) that would not compile with 7.101-rc2. I am setting this to highest as this issue would be very annoying for everyone. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10099 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler