#10513: ghc 7.6.3 Compiler panic with Generics -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: andreas.abel | Status: new Type: bug | Milestone: Priority: normal | Version: 7.6.3 Component: Compiler | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Keywords: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Architecture: | Blocked By: Unknown/Multiple | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Currently, Agda only compiles with ghc 7.4, 7.8, and 7.10, see https://code.google.com/p/agda/issues/detail?id=1558 Here is a the relevant commit: https://github.com/agda/agda/commit/f7b47de0cb167514f6db859b204abd638887b76f Generics do not seem to work properly in ghc 7.6 {{{ [ 92 of 312] Compiling Agda.Syntax.Abstract.Name ( src/full/Agda/Syntax/Abstract/Name.hs, dist/build/Agda/Syntax/Abstract/Name.o ) ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.6.3 for x86_64-unknown-linux): tcIfaceGlobal (local): not found: Agda-2.4.3:Agda.Syntax.Fixity.D1PrecedenceLevel{tc a4mIV} [(rc0D, Type constructor `Agda-2.4.3:Agda.Syntax.Fixity.Fixity'{tc rc0D}'), (r4mFT, Type constructor `Agda-2.4.3:Agda.Syntax.Fixity.Precedence{tc r4mFT}'), […] (r4mKa, Identifier `Agda-2.4.3:Agda.Syntax.Fixity.$fTypeable1ThingWithFixity{v r4mKa}'), (r4mKb, Identifier `Agda-2.4.3:Agda.Syntax.Fixity.$fGenericThingWithFixity{v r4mKb}'), (r4mKc,ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.6.3 for x86_64-unknown-linux): ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.6.3 for x86_64-unknown-linux): tcIfaceGlobal (local): not found: <<details unavailable>> Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug }}} I don't know whether you are maintaining old ghcs, but it seems we have to drop Generics until we drop support for ghc 7.6 -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10513 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler