Trying to build ghc-6.12.0.20091121, from an hc bootstrap build of ghc-6.12.0.20091010 -- i.e., first self hosted build of ghc. I'm hung up at the point where, after building ghc-cabal, ghc-pkg, hsc2hs etc., it tries to generate dependencies (?) for a Binary.hs in libraries/bin-package-db. It can't find module 'Data.Binary' - "It is a member of the hidden package `ghc-binary-0.5.0.2'." OK, I am not familiar with packages, except insofar as encountered while trying to build GHC, but from "ghc-pkg list", I would not get the impression that ghc-binary-0.5.0.2 is hidden (no parentheses.) I get this result with either ghc-pkg, from the 20091010 build where ghc-stage2 is, or the newly built 20091121 version. The command line seems to correctly have -hide-all-packages, followed eventually by -package ghc-binary-0.5.0.2. The command and results below. Is this a configuration problem with 6.12.0, or is it more likely that my ghc build is defective? Thanks! Donn Cave, donn@avvanta.com /boot/home/src/ghc/ghc-6.12.0.20091010/inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 -v -M -include-pkg-deps -dep-makefile libraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build/.depend-v -H64m -O0 -fasm -package-conf libraries/bootstrapping.conf -package-name bin-package-db-0.0.0.0 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/bin-package-db/. -ilibraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build -ilibraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build/autogen -Ilibraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build -Ilibraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build/autogen -Ilibraries/bin-package-db/. -optP-include -optPlibraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package Cabal-1.8.0.1 -package base-4.2.0.0 -package ghc-binary-0.5.0.2 -fno-warn-deprecated-flags -odir libraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build -hidir libraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build -stubdir libraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build -hisuf hi -osuf o -hcsuf hc libraries/bin-package-db/./Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo/Binary.hs Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Version 6.12.0.20091010, for Haskell 98, stage 2 booted by GHC version 6.8.3 Using binary package database: /boot/home/src/ghc/ghc-6.12.0.20091010/inplace/lib/package.conf.d/package.cache Using package config file: libraries/bootstrapping.conf wired-in package ghc-prim mapped to ghc-prim-0.2.0.0-inplace wired-in package integer-gmp mapped to integer-gmp-0.2.0.0-inplace wired-in package base mapped to base-4.2.0.0-inplace wired-in package rts mapped to builtin_rts wired-in package haskell98 mapped to haskell98-1.0.1.1-inplace wired-in package template-haskell mapped to template-haskell-2.4.0.0-inplace wired-in package dph-seq mapped to dph-seq-0.4.0-inplace wired-in package dph-par mapped to dph-par-0.4.0-inplace Hsc static flags: -funregisterised -static Created temporary directory: /tmp/ghc47745_0 *** Chasing dependencies: Chasing modules from: *libraries/bin-package-db/Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo/Binary.hs libraries/bin-package-db/Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo/Binary.hs:21:7: Could not find module `Data.Binary': It is a member of the hidden package `ghc-binary-0.5.0.2'. locations searched: libraries/bin-package-db/./Data/Binary.hs libraries/bin-package-db/./Data/Binary.lhs libraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build/Data/Binary.hs libraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build/Data/Binary.lhs libraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build/autogen/Data/Binary.hs libraries/bin-package-db/dist-boot/build/autogen/Data/Binary.lhs *** Deleting temp files: Deleting: /tmp/ghc47745_0/ghc47745_0.dep *** Deleting temp dirs: Deleting: /tmp/ghc47745_0