#8618: can't load .so/.DLL -----------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: Feuerbach | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler (NCG) | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: Compile-time crash Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: Difficulty: Unknown | Blocking: Blocked By: | Related Tickets: | -----------------------------------+--------------------------------------- This happens in a fresh sandbox: {{{ % cabal install uniplate -j Resolving dependencies... Configuring syb-0.4.1... Configuring text-1.0.0.0... Building syb-0.4.1... Building text-1.0.0.0... Installed syb-0.4.1 Installed text-1.0.0.0 Configuring hashable-1.2.1.0... Building hashable-1.2.1.0... Installed hashable-1.2.1.0 Configuring unordered-containers-0.2.3.3... Building unordered-containers-0.2.3.3... Installed unordered-containers-0.2.3.3 Configuring uniplate-1.6.12... Building uniplate-1.6.12... Failed to install uniplate-1.6.12 Last 10 lines of the build log ( /home/feuerbach/.cabal/logs/uniplate-1.6.12.log ): Preprocessing library uniplate-1.6.12... [ 1 of 21] Compiling Data.Generics.Uniplate.Data.Instances ( Data/Generics/Uniplate/Data/Instances.hs, dist/build/Data/Generics/Uniplate/Data/Instances.o ) [ 2 of 21] Compiling Data.Generics.Uniplate.Internal.Utils ( Data/Generics/Uniplate/Internal/Utils.hs, dist/build/Data/Generics/Uniplate/Internal/Utils.o ) Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Loading package array-0.5.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package deepseq-1.3.0.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package bytestring-0.10.4.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package text-1.0.0.0 ... <command line>: can't load .so/.DLL for: libHStext-1.0.0.0.so (libHStext-1.0.0.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: uniplate-1.6.12 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 }}} I have shared: False in cabal.config, so it's not surprising that libHStext-1.0.0.0.so is not found. What is surprising is that it's needed. uniplate doesn't use TemplateHaskell, from what I can tell. This is GHC 7.7.20131217. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8618 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler