Re: [GHC] #10002: Invalid ghcversion.h file in GHC 7.10.1 RC1

#10002: Invalid ghcversion.h file in GHC 7.10.1 RC1 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: asr | Owner: hvr Type: bug | Status: new Priority: highest | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.1-rc1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: None/Unknown | Unknown/Multiple Blocked By: | Test Case: Related Tickets: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Herbert Valerio Riedel ): In [changeset:"1289048eaf31915b9335c6f7e0b7b64625ab0ed5/ghc"]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="1289048eaf31915b9335c6f7e0b7b64625ab0ed5" Fix bad '... \\' escape in ghcversion.h generation Today I learned about the peculiarities of escaping within single-quotes: Turns out, echo 'foo \\' emits foo \\ rather than escaping the '\'. Curiously, if you need to escape a ' within single-quotes, here's how to do it echo 'foo '\'' bar' which will emit foo ' bar This fixes #10002 }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10002#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler