Looking for errors in a mingw cabal build

21 Aug 2011

      Hi,

One user of my package bindings-gsl reports a problem when building in a
mingw environment. Cabal returns with an 'ExitFailure' message, following
what at first I thought to be the error reason: a message saying that
" is a relative path."

However, a second test with a minimal package, with just enough to build
and a pkgconfig-depends on gsl, shows that same "relative path" message,
but doesn't fail to build and install.

So, I'm not sure where to look for problems. Do you know of anything
that go wrong in mingw without error messages showing up?

Thanks for your help,
Maurício

P.S.: I'm appending a build log, in case it helps.

Resolving dependencies...
Configuring bindings-gsl-0.2...
Preprocessing library bindings-gsl-0.2...
Building bindings-gsl-0.2...
[ 1 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.VectorsAndMatrices.DataTypes ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices\DataTypes.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices\DataTypes.o )
[ 2 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.VectorsAndMatrices.Blocks ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices\Blocks.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices\Blocks.o )
[ 3 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.WaveletTransforms ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\WaveletTransforms.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\WaveletTransforms.o )
[ 4 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Version ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Version.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Version.o )
[ 5 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Statistics ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Statistics.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Statistics.o )
[ 6 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.SeriesAcceleration ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\SeriesAcceleration.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\SeriesAcceleration.o )
[ 7 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.RandomNumberGeneration ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\RandomNumberGeneration.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\RandomNumberGeneration.o )
[ 8 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.SimulatedAnnealing ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\SimulatedAnnealing.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\SimulatedAnnealing.o )
[ 9 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.RandomNumberDistributions ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\RandomNumberDistributions.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\RandomNumberDistributions.o )
[10 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.QuasiRandomSequences ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\QuasiRandomSequences.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\QuasiRandomSequences.o )
[11 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.PhysicalConstants ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\PhysicalConstants.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\PhysicalConstants.o )
[12 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Permutations ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Permutations.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Permutations.o )
[13 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Sorting ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Sorting.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Sorting.o )
[14 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.OrdinaryDifferentialEquations ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\OrdinaryDifferentialEquations.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\OrdinaryDifferentialEquations.o )
[15 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.MultidimensionalRootFinding ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\MultidimensionalRootFinding.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\MultidimensionalRootFinding.o )
[16 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.MultidimensionalMinimization ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\MultidimensionalMinimization.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\MultidimensionalMinimization.o )
[17 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.MonteCarloIntegration ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\MonteCarloIntegration.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\MonteCarloIntegration.o )
[18 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.MathematicalFunctions ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\MathematicalFunctions.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\MathematicalFunctions.o )
[19 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.NumericalDifferentiation ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\NumericalDifferentiation.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\NumericalDifferentiation.o )
[20 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.NumericalIntegration ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\NumericalIntegration.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\NumericalIntegration.o )
[21 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.OneDimensionalMinimization ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\OneDimensionalMinimization.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\OneDimensionalMinimization.o )
[22 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.OneDimensionalRootFinding ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\OneDimensionalRootFinding.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\OneDimensionalRootFinding.o )
[23 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.LeastSquaresFitting ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\LeastSquaresFitting.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\LeastSquaresFitting.o )
[24 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Interpolation ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Interpolation.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Interpolation.o )
[25 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.IeeeFloatingPointArithmetic ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\IeeeFloatingPointArithmetic.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\IeeeFloatingPointArithmetic.o )
[26 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Histograms ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Histograms.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Histograms.o )
[27 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.NTuples ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\NTuples.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\NTuples.o )
[28 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.ErrorHandling ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\ErrorHandling.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\ErrorHandling.o )
[29 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.DiscreteHankelTransforms ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\DiscreteHankelTransforms.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\DiscreteHankelTransforms.o )
[30 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.ComplexNumbers ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\ComplexNumbers.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\ComplexNumbers.o )
[31 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.FastFourierTransforms ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\FastFourierTransforms.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\FastFourierTransforms.o )
[32 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Polynomials ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Polynomials.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Polynomials.o )
[33 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.VectorsAndMatrices.Matrices ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices\Matrices.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices\Matrices.o )
[34 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.VectorsAndMatrices.Vectors ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices\Vectors.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices\Vectors.o )
[35 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.VectorsAndMatrices ( src\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\VectorsAndMatrices.o )
[36 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Eigensystems ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Eigensystems.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Eigensystems.o )
[37 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.NonlinearLeastSquaresFitting ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\NonlinearLeastSquaresFitting.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\NonlinearLeastSquaresFitting.o )
[38 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.SpecialFunctions ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\SpecialFunctions.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\SpecialFunctions.o )
[39 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.LinearAlgebra ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\LinearAlgebra.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\LinearAlgebra.o )
[40 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Combinations ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Combinations.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Combinations.o )
[41 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.ChebyshevApproximations ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\ChebyshevApproximations.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\ChebyshevApproximations.o )
[42 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.Cblas ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Cblas.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\Cblas.o )
[43 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.BlasSupport ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\BlasSupport.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\BlasSupport.o )
[44 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl.BasisSplines ( dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\BasisSplines.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl\BasisSplines.o )
[45 of 45] Compiling Bindings.Gsl     ( src\Bindings\Gsl.hs, dist\build\Bindings\Gsl.o )
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Registering bindings-gsl-0.2...
cabal.exe: bindings-gsl-0.2: library-dirs: /c/Haskell/2011.2.0.1/mingw/lib is
a relative path (use --force to override)
bindings-gsl-0.2: include-dirs: /c/Haskell/2011.2.0.1/mingw/include is a
relative path (use --force to override)
cabal.exe: Error: some packages failed to install:
bindings-gsl-0.2 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1

Looking for errors in a mingw cabal build

Maurício CA