[Haskell-cafe] Error building Edison 1.2.0.1

[Robert Dockins]

On Oct 17, 2006, at 1:46 PM, Gregory Wright wrote:

>
> On Oct 17, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Robert Dockins wrote:
>
>>
>> On Oct 17, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Gregory Wright wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Rob,
>>>
>>> I've built Edison 1.2.0.1 using ghc-6.6.  (I'm testing the macports,
>>> formerly darwinports, packages for the new 6.6 release.)
>>>
>>> The build goes fine, but the ./Setup register fails claiming that  
>>> the directory
>>> /opt/local/lib/EdisonAPI-1.2/ghc-6.6/include does not exist.  I  
>>> can make the
>>> directory by hand, and the registration works.  I have an ugly  
>>> workaround,
>>> but I wanted to check with you that this is really a cabal bug.   
>>> Installation
>>> using ghc-6.4.2 on OS X/ppc worked just fine for me.
>>>
>>> Best Wishes,
>>> Greg
>>
>>
>> I'm not doing anything unusual with the cabal scripts (that I'm  
>> aware of!), so I expect this is a cabal or GHC bug.
>>
>> BTW, could you run the test suite if you get a moment?  Every data  
>> point helps.
>>
>>
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> OK, it looks like cabal has gone slightly broken again. :-(
>

Any idea what the problem is?  Or why other people aren't yelling  
about it?  Is it only the "register" command that is broken?


> Here's the test data:
>
> 	OS X 10.4.8/ppc
> 	PowerBook G4, 1.5 GHz, 1 GB ram
> 	ghc-6.6, cabal 1.1.6 as distributed with ghc-6.6, built using  
> macports
> 	
> test output:
>
> Welcome to Darwin!
> crossroads-able> cd ~/Desktop/edison-1.2.0.1-source/test/
> crossroads-able> ./dist/build/testSuite/testSuite
> Cases: 1728  Tried: 1728  Errors: 0  Failures: 0
> crossroads-able>
>

Excellent.  That's what I like to see.  Thanks!

>
> Everything looks good but for the package registration.
>
> I should add that I find the Edison package wonderfully easy
> to work with.  It has really helped me out while writing simulation
> of the custom communication system for a customer.  Many thanks
> to you, Rob, and Chris Okasaki for this fine software!
>
> Best Wishes,
> Greg


Rob Dockins

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