RE: [ ghc-Bugs-1188785 ] panic! ... forkM Declaration for tables{v}

4 May 2005


      On 04 May 2005 11:18, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
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"Simon Marlow"  writes:
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Comment By: Ferenc Wágner (wferi)
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Just to make sure: the "Could not find module
`HTMLMonadBase'..." is entirely reasonable (and my
package.conf is crap), it's the "ghc: panic!" I found worrying.
Yes, we plan to fix the panic and emit a more helpful message.
Fine!
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Anyway.  Let me drift off topic: why no ghcOptions field in
package.conf?  I'd perhaps try porting Wash if it were
present...
The ability to specify extra GHC options in a package was
a misfeature that we removed.  It isn't reasonable for a
package to be able to change the global GHC behaviour.
I see.  But why did hugsOptions remain, then?
Hugs needs to process the source files, so it might need flags to turn on certain extensions, for example.  It's not ideal either - flags should really go in the source files themselves.

Cheers,
	Simon