#9899: HEAD: make clean fails to delete libraries/bootstrapping.conf (directory) -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: heisenbug | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Build System | Version: 7.9 Keywords: | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Unknown | Type of failure: Blocked By: | None/Unknown Related Tickets: | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- {{{ "rm" -f libraries/bootstrapping.conf libraries/integer- gmp/cbits/GmpDerivedConstants.h libraries/integer- gmp/include/HsIntegerGmp.h libraries/integer-gmp2/include/HsIntegerGmp.h libraries/base/include/EventConfig.h mk/config.mk.old mk/project.mk.old compiler/ghc.cabal.old includes/GHCConstants.h includes/DerivedConstants.h includes/ghcautoconf.h includes/ghcplatform.h includes/ghcversion.h utils /ghc-pkg/Version.hs compiler/prelude/primops.txt rm: cannot remove `libraries/bootstrapping.conf': Is a directory make[1]: *** [clean_files] Error 1 }}} Then I do {{{ rm -r libraries/bootstrapping.conf make clean }}} and this succeeds. Now I build again: {{{ make }}} and get an error: {{{ "inplace/bin/ghc-cabal" configure libraries/binary dist-boot "" --with- ghc="/home/ggreif/bin/ghc" --with-ghc-pkg="/home/ggreif/bin/ghc-pkg" --package-db=/home/ggreif/%NoBackup%/ghc7/ghc-head- x86_64/libraries/bootstrapping.conf --disable-library-for-ghci --enable- library-vanilla --disable-library-profiling --disable-shared --configure- option=CFLAGS=" -fno-stack-protector " --configure-option=LDFLAGS=" " --configure-option=CPPFLAGS=" " --gcc-options=" -fno-stack-protector " --configure-option=--with-gmp-includes="/home/ggreif/include" --constraint "binary == 0.7.2.3" --constraint "Cabal == 1.21.1.0" --constraint "hpc == 0.6.0.2" --constraint "bin-package-db == 0.0.0.0" --constraint "hoopl == 3.10.0.2" --constraint "transformers == 0.4.2.0" --constraint "terminfo == 0.4.0.1" --with-gcc="/usr/bin/gcc" --configure- option=--with-cc="/usr/bin/gcc" --with-ar="/usr/bin/ar" --with- alex="/home/ggreif/bin/alex" --with-happy="/home/ggreif/bin/happy" Configuring binary-0.7.2.3... ghc-cabal: '/home/ggreif/bin/ghc-pkg' exited with an error: ghc-pkg: ghc no longer supports single-file style package databases (/home/ggreif/%NoBackup%/ghc7/ghc-head- x86_64/libraries/bootstrapping.conf) use 'ghc-pkg init' to create the database with the correct format. make[1]: *** [libraries/binary/dist-boot/package-data.mk] Error 1 }}} But the thing is created as a file now: {{{ $ ls -l libraries/bootstrapping.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 ggreif grp 3 Dec 18 11:17 libraries/bootstrapping.conf }}} I can recreate it manually: {{{ $ rm libraries/bootstrapping.conf $ /home/ggreif/bin/ghc-pkg init libraries/bootstrapping.conf $ ls -ld libraries/bootstrapping.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 ggreif grp 96 Dec 18 11:23 libraries/bootstrapping.conf }}} And now `make` works... -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9899 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler