#12859: ghc/packages/Cabal is not a valid repository name ---------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: philderbeast | Owner: hvr Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Trac & Git | Version: 8.0.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Windows | Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | ---------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Description changed by philderbeast: @@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ - [https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Newcomers] for and built ghc on - Windows with MSYS2 x64. I am now repeating those steps and see that doing - a clean recursive clone of ghc fails for the Cabal submodule and many - others ... + [https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Newcomers] and built ghc on Windows + with MSYS2 x64. I am now repeating those steps and see that doing a clean + recursive clone of ghc fails for the Cabal submodule and many others ... New description: On 2016-11-05 I was able to follow the newcomer build instructions [https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Newcomers] and built ghc on Windows with MSYS2 x64. I am now repeating those steps and see that doing a clean recursive clone of ghc fails for the Cabal submodule and many others ... {{{ $ git clone --recursive git://github.com/ghc/ghc Cloning into '/d/Dev/Src/ghc/libraries/Cabal'... fatal: remote error: ghc/packages/Cabal is not a valid repository name }}} I tried the exact same recursive clone on OSX and it completed without error. -- -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12859#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler