[Hackage] #318: Library cannnot be used when registered in-place on OS X

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#318: Library cannnot be used when registered in-place on OS X
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  Reporter:  guest               |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:         
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:  1.4.0.1
  Severity:  normal              |   Resolution:         
  Keywords:                      |   Difficulty:  normal 
Ghcversion:  6.8.3               |     Platform:  Mac OS 
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Old description:

> I built and registered a library --inplace using cabal-install on Mac OS
> X 10.5.4 using cabal-install 0.5.1 and Cabal 1.4.0.1. I was unable to
> then use the package afterwards. It failed at link-time with:
>

> {{{
> Linking Main ...
> ld: in /... blah .../lib/dist/build/lib-0.1.a, archive has no table of
> contents
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> }}}
>
> After talking to Beelsebob and dcoutts on #haskell, I used '''ranlib'''
> on lib-0.1.a, and it worked.
>
> According to dcoutts: "it's because we run ranlib when we install it, but
> not when we first generate it."

New description:

 I built and registered a library --inplace on Mac OS X 10.5.4 using cabal-
 install 0.5.1 and Cabal 1.4.0.1. I was unable to then use the package
 afterwards. Compiling my program failed at link-time with:


 {{{
 Linking Main ...
 ld: in /... blah .../lib/dist/build/lib-0.1.a, archive has no table of
 contents
 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
 }}}

 After talking to Beelsebob and dcoutts on #haskell, I used '''ranlib''' on
 lib-0.1.a, and it worked.

 According to dcoutts: "it's because we run ranlib when we install it, but
 not when we first generate it."

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