first version of RC2 has problems with lack of dynamic libraries at least on the Mac

Fri Feb 28 02:16:31 UTC 2014

I'm using Cabal-1.18.1.3 and cabal-install version 1.16.0.2

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com> wrote:

> Thanks. Another question is what version of Cabal you are using, as it
> knows how to build dylibs properly. I'm using cabal 1.18.
>
> To delete the RC, you can just delete the directory it installed into (the
> GHC-7.8.xxxxx folder). Also make sure you remove the executables from $PATH
>
> And no worries about any unnecessary work. I'm here to do the release
> after all, and feedback is helpful!
>
>
> On Thursday, February 27, 2014, George Colpitts <george.colpitts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Probably my error, I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a problem that
>> was missed. Thanks for checking. Sorry for any confusion I caused.
>>
>> Here are the details of what I did:
>>
>> I took ghc-7.8.0.20140226-x86_64-apple-darwin-mavericks.tar.bz2 from
>> http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.8.1-rc2/ and followed the instructions
>> in the INSTALL file to install it, i.e.
>>
>> One possible difference is that my gcc is gcc-4.8 from gnu not gcc from
>> Apple.
>>
>> Also my uname output is different than yours:
>>
>> uname -a
>> Darwin iMac27-5.local 13.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16
>> 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
>>
>>
>> Finally I am running XCode 5.2
>>
>> Is there a to uninstall or clean these RCs?
>>
>> I'll wait for official notice before trying anything else
>>
>> I really appreciate all your work and I'm sorry if I caused you any
>> unnecessary work. I had no problems installing RC1 so may have been
>> overconfident
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>wrote:
>>
>> I just tested this and cannot reproduce it:
>>
>> $ cabal install vector
>> ... building ...
>>
>> $ ls /Users/a/.cabal/lib/x86_64-osx-ghc-7.8.0.20140226/vector-0.10.9.1
>> Data libHSvector-0.10.9.1-ghc7.8.0.20140226.dylib include
>> libHSvector-0.10.9.1.a
>>
>> $ ls /Users/a/.cabal/lib/x86_64-osx-ghc-7.8.0.20140226/primitive-0.5.2.1/
>> Control include libHSprimitive-0.5.2.1.a Data
>> libHSprimitive-0.5.2.1-ghc7.8.0.20140226.dylib
>>
>> $ uname -a
>> Darwin Calcifer.local 13.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19
>> 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
>>
>> There is certainly a dylib available for both of these libraries.
>> You're going to need to be very explicit in what you did to install
>> GHC, and how. (Did you use the binary distribution I pulled from the
>> server?)* Unfortunately I'm about to run out the door, and don't have
>> time for the next few hours closely investigate.
>>
>> * On another note, I will say that there is not an 'RC2' until I
>> announce that it is so, to be completely honest. Right this second,
>> some last minute fixes went into HEAD which will be merged for the
>> actual RC2. Otherwise I would have released it today. But thank you
>> for testing anyway!
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 5:53 PM, George Colpitts
>> <george.colpitts at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > corrected subject line
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 7:47 PM, George Colpitts <
>> george.colpitts at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >> After installing the first version of RC2 I ran into the following
>> problem
>> >>
>> >>  cabal install vector
>> >> Resolving dependencies...
>> >> Configuring vector-0.10.9.1...
>> >> ...
>> >> [ 5 of 19] Compiling Data.Vector.Fusion.Stream.Monadic (
>> >> Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Monadic.hs,
>> >> dist/build/Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Monadic.o )
>> >> Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
>> >> Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
>> >> Loading package base ... linking ... done.
>> >> Loading package primitive-0.5.2.1 ... <command line>: can't load
>> .so/.DLL
>> >> for: libHSprimitive-0.5.2.1.dylib
>> (dlopen(libHSprimitive-0.5.2.1.dylib, 9):
>> >> image not found)
>> >>
>> >> There seems to be a general problem that the install did not produce
>> any
>> >> dynamic libraries at least on the Mac:
>> >>
>> >>  ls /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.8.0.20140226/lib/*/lib
>> >>
>> /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.8.0.20140226/lib/cpphs-1.18.2/lib:
>> >> HScpphs-1.18.2.o Language Text libHScpphs-1.18.2.a
>> libHScpphs-1.18.2_p.a
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.8.0.20140226/lib/hashable-1.2.1.0/lib:
>> >> Data HShashable-1.2.1.0.o libHShashable-1.2.1.0.a
>> >> libHShashable-1.2.1.0_p.a
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.8.0.20140226/lib/hscolour-1.20.3/lib:
>> >> HShscolour-1.20.3.o Language libHShscolour-1.20.3.a
>> >> libHShscolour-1.20.3_p.a
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.8.0.20140226/lib/primitive-0.5.2.1/lib:
>> >> Control HSprimitive-0.5.2.1.o libHSprimitive-0.5.2.1.a
>> >> Data include libHSprimitive-0.5.2.1_p.a
>> >>
>> >> /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.8.0.20140226/lib/syb-0.4.1/lib:
>> >> Data Generics HSsyb-0.4.1.o libHSsyb-0.4.1.a libHSsyb-0.4.1_p.a
>> >>
>> >>
>> /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.8.0.20140226/lib/text-1.1.0.0/lib:
>> >> Data HStext-1.1.0.0.o libHStext-1.1.0.0.a libHStext-1.1.0.0_p.a
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.8.0.20140226/lib/unordered-containers-0.2.3.3/lib:
>> >> Data libHSunordered-containers-0.2.3.3.a
>> >> HSunordered-containers-0.2.3.3.o libHSunordered-containers-0.2.3.3_p.a
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Austin Seipp, Haskell Consultant
> Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/
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