#14382: The 'impossible' happened whilst installing gi-gtk via cabal --------------------------------------+--------------------------------- Reporter: maartenjacobs | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.2.1 Keywords: gtk, pango | Operating System: Linux Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) | Type of failure: None/Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: --------------------------------------+--------------------------------- I've been trying to install gi-gtk using "cabal install gi-gtk". In the process I upgraded to the most recent stable GHC and cabal. I've also installed gtk3 libraries which I thought were necessary. {{{ ... [91 of 95] Compiling GI.Pango.Objects.Layout ( GI/Pango/Objects/Layout.hs, dist/build/GI/Pango/Objects/Layout.o ) ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 8.2.1 for x86_64-unknown-linux): tcIfaceGlobal (local): not found You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. While forcing the thunk for TyThing Layout which was lazily initialized by initIfaceCheck typecheckLoop, I tried to tie the knot, but I couldn't find Layout in the current type environment. If you are developing GHC, please read Note [Tying the knot] and Note [Type-checking inside the knot]. Consider rebuilding GHC with profiling for a better stack trace. Contents of current type environment: [] Call stack: CallStack (from HasCallStack): prettyCurrentCallStack, called at compiler/utils/Outputable.hs:1133:58 in ghc:Outputable callStackDoc, called at compiler/utils/Outputable.hs:1137:37 in ghc:Outputable pprPanic, called at compiler/iface/TcIface.hs:1696:23 in ghc:TcIface Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug Failed to install gi-pango-1.0.15 cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: gi-gdk-3.0.14-INozoUgbf2HFkX3VeIwKfl depends on gi-gdk-3.0.14 which failed to install. gi-gtk-3.0.17-1AObKz0Ppj5GXVupmEC7Yc depends on gi-gtk-3.0.17 which failed to install. gi-pango-1.0.15-E4HLwHGC2n62ObUIQeuwp8 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14382 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler