we tried that, but then we got this error:

grep: packages: No such file or directory
make -C libraries boot
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jswaine/ghc/ghc-6.10.1/
libraries'
mkdir bootstrapping
mkdir: cannot create directory `bootstrapping': File exists
make[1]: [cabal-bin] Error 1 (ignored)
/home/jswaine/ghc/ghc-6.10.1/ghc/ghc -Wall -DCABAL_VERSION=1,6,0,1 -odir /home/jswaine/ghc/ghc-6.10.1/libraries/bootstrapping -hidir /home/jswaine/ghc/ghc-6.10.1/libraries/bootstrapping -i/home/jswaine/ghc/ghc-6.10.1/libraries/Cabal -i/home/jswaine/ghc/ghc-6.10.1/libraries/filepath -i/home/jswaine/ghc/ghc-6.10.1/libraries/hpc --make cabal-bin -o cabal-bin
ghc: missing -B<dir> option
make[1]: *** [cabal-bin] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jswaine/ghc/ghc-6.10.1/libraries'
make: *** [stage1] Error 2

 which still looks to me like it's somewhat related to linking (the assumption was that -B is used for this sort of thing - linking to libraries in unusual directories).  but this option isn't listed in the ghc flag reference.  that was when we decided to just install the editline package so it would be where it normally is (/usr/local/lib), but that got us back to the original error message.  ugh.

-james


On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Don Stewart <dons@galois.com> wrote:
Is your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable exported, and set to
include the path to the lib dir that libedit lives in?

e.g.
   $ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   /home/dons/lib

Allows the system linker to find things in my home dir.

james.swaine:
>    it says:
>
>    libedit.so.0 => not found
>        libncurses.so.5 => /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5 (0x00000039e2200000)
>        libutil.so.1 => /lib64/libutil.so.1 (0x00000039dba00000)
>        libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00000039cfc00000)
>        libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00000039cf800000)
>        libgmp.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libgmp.so.3 (0x00000039d5800000)
>        librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00000039d3800000)
>        libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00000039d0000000)
>        libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00000039cf400000)
>        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00000039cec00000)
>
>    i noticed that my PATH variable doesn't include /usr/local/lib, do you
>    think this might be the problem?
>    -james
>
>    On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Don Stewart <[1]dons@galois.com> wrote:
>
>      james.swaine:
>      >    We've had unbelievable problems getting past this ridiculous
>      'unable to
>      >    load object file or shared library libedit.so.0' error when
>      attempting to
>      >    build the 6.10.1 source tree.  We initially just built editline in
>      a user
>      >    directory and attempted to manipulate environment variables to help
>      the
>      >    linker (e.g. setting LIBRARY_PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and CPATH) -
>      but this
>      >    did no good.
>      >
>      >    We then just installed the editline package so it's available
>      globally and
>      >    the libraries (specifically libedit.so.0) live in /usr/local/lib,
>      so it
>      >    should be found with no problem.  Not so for ghc - same error.
>       We're
>      >    running this on Red Hat.
>
>      What does ldd say?
>
>      It should say something like this (on Arch Linux):
>
>         $ ldd /usr/lib/ghc-6.10.0/ghc
>             linux-vdso.so.1     =>  (0x00007fffb09fe000)
>             libedit.so.0        => /usr/lib/libedit.so.0 (0x00007f6aa8479000)
>             libncursesw.so.5    => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007f6aa820f000)
>             libutil.so.1        => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x00007f6aa800c000)
>             libdl.so.2          => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f6aa7e08000)
>             libm.so.6           => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f6aa7b85000)
>             libgmp.so.3         => /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3 (0x00007f6aa7943000)
>             librt.so.1          => /lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007f6aa773b000)
>             libpthread.so.0     => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f6aa7520000)
>             libc.so.6           => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f6aa71cc000)
>             /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f6aa86a7000)
>
>      For example, let's you know if the system linker can see libedit (and
>      the other
>      C libraries GHC uses)
>      >    I'm part of a research group at Northwestern University that is
>      exploring
>      >    the use of ghc and associated libraries for some upcoming projects.
>       It's
>      >    a shame that this is so difficult to even compile/install, and
>      nobody
>      >    seems to be able to figure out what's wrong.
>
>      Do you have the option of using a distro package? Has GHC 6.10.x been
>      packaged for
>      your distro yet? Do you have the option of using GHC 6.8.x for now, or
>      is there some
>      feature in 6.10.x you expect to depend on?
>      -- Don
>
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