Thanks!   I forgot to cc Kathleen herself, so I’m now doing so.

Assuming that’s the problem, does it reflect a bug in Cabal, or GHC, or what?   And if so, can someone make a ticket?]

Thanks

Simon

From: José Pedro Magalhães [mailto:jpm@cs.uu.nl]
Sent: 23 February 2010 15:10
To: Bayley, Alistair
Cc: Simon Peyton-Jones; GHC users; cvs-ghc@haskell.org
Subject: Re: Installing syb(-0.1.03) package in head version of Haskell

I'm guessing that is indeed the problem, though I cannot reproduce the error (but I'm using Cabal-1.8.0.2).

Assuming this is the cause of the problem, what is the best correction? Encoding the cabal file as UTF-8 or removing the accent? Do earlier versions of cabal deal well with UTF-8?...


Cheers,
Pedro

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 16:05, Bayley, Alistair <Alistair.Bayley@invesco.com> wrote:

Just a wild guess, but the package description has this non-ascii text:

author:                 Ralf Lämmel, Simon Peyton Jones

It could well be Latin-1 encoded, rather than UTF8.

Try editing the author field to this:

author:                 Ralf Laemmel, Simon Peyton Jones

and rebuilding/installing.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org
> [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf
> Of Simon Peyton-Jones
> Sent: 23 February 2010 14:32
> To: GHC users
> Cc: cvs-ghc@haskell.org
> Subject: FW: Installing syb(-0.1.03) package in head version
> of Haskell
>
> Friends
>
>
>
> Can anyone help Kathleen out?  She has a cabal-install issue.
>  I think she's on a Mac.
>
>
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> From: Kathleen Fisher [mailto:kathleen.fisher@gmail.com]
> Sent: 16 February 2010 22:54
> To: Simon Peyton-Jones
> Subject: Fwd: Installing syb(-0.1.03) package in head version
> of Haskell
>
>
>
> Hi Simon,
>
>
>
> I'm trying to get the PADS file we were working on compiling
> under the HEAD version of Haskell, but I'm having trouble
> getting the Data.Generics module to install. I sent the
> question below to the libraries@haskell.org last week, but I
> haven't seen any replies.  Is that the right address?  Or is
> there a different place to ask such questions?
>
>
>
> Thanks for any pointers!
>
>
>
> Kathleen
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Kathleen Fisher <kathleen.fisher@gmail.com>
>
> Date: February 11, 2010 2:28:20 PM PST
>
> To: libraries@haskell.org
>
> Subject: Installing syb(-0.1.03) package in head version of Haskell
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get a program that uses the Data.Generics
> module to compile under the head version of GHC, but I am
> having trouble getting the syb package installed.
>
> I believe I am using the most recent version of cabal:
>
>
>
>
> kfisher-laptop:/Users/kfisher/pads/dirpads/language-c-quote>~/
> .cabal/bin/cabal --version
>
>       cabal-install version 0.8.0
>
>       using version 1.8.0.1 of the Cabal library
>
>
> When I ask cabal to install the syb package, I get the
> following error:
>
>
>
>
> kfisher-laptop:/Users/kfisher/pads/dirpads/language-c-quote>~/
> .cabal/bin/cabal install -w ~/sw/ghc-head/bin/ghc
>
>       Resolving dependencies...
>
>       Downloading mtl-1.1.0.2...
>
>       Configuring mtl-1.1.0.2...
>
>       Preprocessing library mtl-1.1.0.2...
>
>       ...
>
>       Registering syb-0.1.0.3...
>
>       cabal: ghc-pkg: <stdin>: hGetContents: invalid argument
> (invalid UTF-8 byte
>
>       sequence)
>
>       cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>
>       language-c-quote-0.1 depends on syb-0.1.0.3 which
> failed to install.
>
>       syb-0.1.0.3 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
>
>       exit: ExitFailure 1
>
>
>
> The full trace is included below.
>
> Here's the version information for the ghc I am running.
>
>
>
>
> Kfisher-laptop:/Users/kfisher/pads/dirpads/language-c-quote>~/
> sw/ghc-head/bin/ghc --version
>
>       The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System,
> version 6.13.20100210
>
>
> The cabal website suggests sending questions to this list...
>
> Any suggestions for how to fix this problem?
>
> Kathleen
>
>
>
>
>
> kfisher-laptop:/Users/kfisher/pads/dirpads/language-c-quote>~/
> .cabal/bin/cabal install -w ~/sw/ghc-head/bin/ghc
>
>       Resolving dependencies...
>
>       Downloading mtl-1.1.0.2...
>
>       Configuring mtl-1.1.0.2...
>
>       Preprocessing library mtl-1.1.0.2...
>
>       Building mtl-1.1.0.2...
>
>
>
>       ...stuff deleted...
>
>
>
>       src/Data/Generics.hs:40:1:
>
>          Warning: The import of `Prelude' is redundant
>
>                     except perhaps to import instances from `Prelude'
>
>                   To import instances alone, use: import Prelude()
>
>       Registering syb-0.1.0.3...
>
>       cabal: ghc-pkg: <stdin>: hGetContents: invalid argument
> (invalid UTF-8 byte
>
>       sequence)
>
>       cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>
>       language-c-quote-0.1 depends on syb-0.1.0.3 which
> failed to install.
>
>       syb-0.1.0.3 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
>
>       exit: ExitFailure 1
>
>
>
>

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