Installing pandoc / json with ghc 6.12.1
Hello, I recently tried to install the latest version of pandoc on my debian stable box (with ghc 6.12.1) using virthualenv as sandboxing mechanism. But instead of a normal installation, compilation of the json package (more specifically the Text.JSON.Parsec module) hangs and causes ghc to consume around 2GB of RAM (out of 3GB) and the system to swap and hang. For reference ... I just created a plain virthualenv (for sandboxing) and after that ran (tmp) foo@bar:/tmp$ cabal install json I also tried if this has something to do with version 0.5 (the latest version) only, to no avail. Are there other users of pandoc/json or related packages who encountered/solved this issue? Am I doing something wrong here? Best regards, Rico
Am I doing something wrong here?
Well, you're using ghc-6.12 ... :-) The most recent version of pandoc that Hackage claims to have built with ghc 6.12 looks to be 1.6. Rolling back that far eliminates the json dependency entirely, so I think it would solve your issue. Or you could use the Pandoc in Debian stable, which appears to be 1.5.1. A more recent ghc would probably also work, of course, but I imagine you're trying the Debian stable version for a reason.
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