#11586: GHC 8.0 can't be bootstrapped with GHC 8.0 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: highest | Milestone: 8.0.1 Component: Build System | Version: 7.10.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: Building GHC Unknown/Multiple | failed Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- It seems that GHC 8.0 can't bootstrap itself. With a clean `ghc-8.0` tree and `ghc` from the 8.0.1-rc2 release in `PATH` on x86-64 Debian things fall apart quite quickly, {{{ $ ghc -V The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.0.0.20160204 $ ./boot $ ./configure $ make -j2 + test -f mk/config.mk.old + cmp -s mk/config.mk mk/config.mk.old + cp -p mk/config.mk mk/config.mk.old touch -r mk/config.mk.old mk/config.mk + test -f mk/project.mk.old + cmp -s mk/project.mk mk/project.mk.old touch -r mk/project.mk.old mk/project.mk + test -f compiler/ghc.cabal.old + cmp -s compiler/ghc.cabal compiler/ghc.cabal.old touch -r compiler/ghc.cabal.old compiler/ghc.cabal ===--- building phase 0 make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mk phase=0 phase_0_builds "rm" -f compiler/stage1/build/Config.hs "inplace/bin/ghc-cabal" configure libraries/ghc-boot dist-boot "" --with- ghc="/opt/exp/ghc/roots/8.0.1-rc2/bin/ghc" --with-ghc- pkg="/opt/exp/ghc/roots/8.0.1-rc2/bin/ghc-pkg" --package- db=/opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf --disable-library- for-ghci --enable-library-vanilla --disable-library-profiling --disable- shared --with-hscolour="/home/ben/.cabal/bin/HsColour" --configure- option=CFLAGS="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -Werror=unused-but-set- variable -Wno-error=inline" --configure-option=LDFLAGS=" " --configure- option=CPPFLAGS=" " --gcc-options="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -Werror =unused-but-set-variable -Wno-error=inline " --constraint "binary == 0.8.2.0" --constraint "Cabal == 1.23.1.0" --constraint "hpc == 0.6.0.3" --constraint "ghc-boot == 8.0.0.20160211" --constraint "hoopl == 3.10.2.1" --constraint "transformers == 0.5.1.0" --constraint "template-haskell == 2.11.0.0" --constraint "terminfo == 0.4.0.2" --with-gcc="/usr/bin/gcc" --with-ar="/usr/bin/ar" --with- alex="/home/ben/.cabal/bin/alex" --with-happy="/home/ben/.cabal/bin/happy" Creating compiler/stage1/build/Config.hs ... Configuring ghc-boot-8.0.0.20160211... done. ghc-cabal: ghc-pkg dump failed libraries/ghc-boot/ghc.mk:3: recipe for target 'libraries/ghc-boot/dist- boot/package-data.mk' failed make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-boot/dist-boot/package-data.mk] Error 1 Makefile:129: recipe for target 'all' failed make: *** [all] Error 2 }}} In particular the failing command is {{{ $ /opt/exp/ghc/roots/8.0.1-rc2/bin/ghc-pkg dump --package- db=/opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf -v2 GHC package manager version 8.0.0.20160204 Timestamp 2016-02-12 09:21:06.076187903 UTC for /opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf/package.cache Timestamp 2016-02-12 09:21:06.076187903 UTC for /opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf (same as cache) using cache: /opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf/package.cache ghc-pkg: /opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf/package.cache: GHC.PackageDb.readPackageDb: inappropriate type (Not a valid Unicode code point!) }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11586 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler