[GHC] #8738: msys2 fails cabal01 test

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#8738: msys2 fails cabal01 test
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       Reporter:  ezyang  |             Owner:
           Type:  bug     |            Status:  new
       Priority:  low     |         Milestone:
      Component:  Test    |           Version:  7.8.1-rc1
  Suite                   |  Operating System:  Windows
       Keywords:          |   Type of failure:  Incorrect result at runtime
   Architecture:          |         Test Case:  cabal01
  Unknown/Multiple        |          Blocking:
     Difficulty:          |
  Unknown                 |
     Blocked By:          |
Related Tickets:          |
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 msys2 with 64-bit GHC has an odd failure here:

 {{{
 =====> cabal01(normal) 81 of 3859 [0, 0, 0]
 cd ./cabal/cabal01 && $MAKE -s --no-print-directory cabal01 VANILLA
 =--enable-library-vanilla PROF=--disable-library-profiling DYN=--disable-
 shared     </dev/null >cabal01.run.stdout 2>cabal01.run.stderr
 Actual stdout output differs from expected:
 --- ./cabal/cabal01/cabal01.stdout-mingw32      2014-02-02
 04:48:11.233000000 +0000
 +++ ./cabal/cabal01/cabal01.run.stdout  2014-02-05 03:09:28.998400000
 +0000
 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
  install1:
  bin
 -test-1.0
 +x86_64-windows-ghc-7.9.20140205
  install2:
  bin
 -test-1.0
 +x86_64-windows-ghc-7.9.20140205
  dist:
  build
  package.conf.inplace

 }}}

 This is because setup is selecting this directory as the location for the
 installation:

 {{{
 /inplace/bin/ghc-pkg.exe' --package-
 db=local.db'C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc
 Configuring test-1.0...
 Warning: No 'build-type' specified. If you do not need a custom Setup.hs
 or
 ./configure script then use 'build-type: Simple'.
 Dependency base >=1.0: using base-4.7.0.0
 "C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/inplace/bin/ghc-stage2.exe" "--info"
 Using Cabal-1.18.1.3 compiled by ghc-7.9
 Using compiler: ghc-7.9.20140205
 Using install prefix:
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install
 Binaries installed in:
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\bin
 Libraries installed in:
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0
 Private binaries installed in:
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\test-1.0
 Data files installed in:
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0
 Documentation installed in:
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\doc\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0
 Configuration files installed in:
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\etc

 Administrator at EZYANG-W2K8 ~/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01
 $ ./setup.exe copy -v
 directory dist\doc\html\test does exist: False
 Installing library in
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0
 Installing executable(s) in
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\bin
 Warning: The directory
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\bin
 is
 not in the system search path.
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0\B
 Installing dist\build\A.hi to
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0\A.hi
 Installing dist\build\B\A.hi to
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0\B\A.hi
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0
 Installing dist\build\libHStest-1.0.a to
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0\libHStest-1.0.a
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0
 Installing dist\build\HStest-1.0.o to
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\x86_64
 -windows-ghc-7.9.20140205\test-1.0\HStest-1.0.o
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install\bin
 Installing executable dist\build\testA\testA.exe to
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\bin\testA.exe
 C:\msys64\ghc-7.6.3\mingw\bin\strip.exe
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\bin\testA.exe
 creating
 C:\msys64\home\Administrator\ghc\testsuite\tests\cabal\cabal01\install\bin
 Installing executable dist\build\testB\testB.exe to
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\bin\testB.exe
 C:\msys64\ghc-7.6.3\mingw\bin\strip.exe
 C:/msys64/home/Administrator/ghc/testsuite/tests/cabal/cabal01/install\bin\testB.exe
 }}}

 Perhaps a cabal developer can stare at the relevant codepath and figure
 out why this directory name is being selected?

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8738>
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