ghc-6.2.1: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC version 6.2.1)

[Simon Marlow]

On 19 September 2004 13:10, Dominic Steinitz wrote:

> [dom at tility Test]$ ghci
>    ___         ___ _
>   / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
>  / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version 6.2.1, for
> Haskell 98. / /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
> \____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.
> 
> Loading package base ... linking ... done.
> Prelude> :set -package crypto
> Loading package lang ... linking ... done.
> Loading package parsec ... linking ... done.
> Loading package text ... linking ... done.
> Loading package crypto ... linking ... /usr/local/lib/HScrypto.o:
> unknown symbol `__stginit_Word_'
> ghc-6.2.1: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC version 6.2.1):
>         can't load package `crypto'
> 
> Please report it as a compiler bug to
> glasgow-haskell-bugs at haskell.org, or
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghc/. 
> 
> The problem is cured if I put "data" rather than "text" as a
> dependency in package.conf

Looks like you need a dependency on "haskell98" (the Word module is part
of the haskell98 package).

Cheers,
	Simon