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

Fri Feb 28 22:42:54 UTC 2014

I just committed this release note info to the users guide.

Hopefully nobody else will trip over it. :)

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com> wrote:
> Thanks George. Since this might be confusing for users, I'll add a
> note to to the release notes about requiring Cabal 1.18 for GHC to
> work properly.
>
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 8:13 AM, George Colpitts
> <george.colpitts at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for everybody's help. I got the latest versions of cabal, installed
>> the "early" version of RC2 and then cabal install vector worked
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:37 PM, George Colpitts
>> <george.colpitts at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am sad. How do I uninstall the current version I have and install that
>>> version?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Carter Schonwald
>>> <carter.schonwald at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> you need cabal-install 1.18 or you'll be sad.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:16 PM, George Colpitts
>>>> <george.colpitts at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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>
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> Regards,
>
> Austin Seipp, Haskell Consultant
> Well-Typed LLP, http://www.well-typed.com/

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