[GHC] #4510: No links will be generated to these packages:base-4.3.0.0

[Claus Reinke]

> #4510: No  links will be generated to these packages: base-4.3.0.0
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>    Reporter:  claus             |        Owner:  igloo
>        Type:  bug               |       Status:  infoneeded
>    Priority:  high              |    Milestone:  7.2.1
>   Component:  Compiler          |      Version:  7.0.1
>    Keywords:                    |     Testcase:
>   Blockedby:                    |   Difficulty:
>          Os:  Windows           |     Blocking:
> Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |      Failure:  None/Unknown
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Hi,

I can't reach trac at the moment (first database lock error,
then no response to login), so replying here.

> Comment:
>
> Claus, having fixed your installation, are you still able to reproduce
> this?

Who says I have?-) Sadly, I still can't afford to spend time
on my Haskell interests, so I had to wait this one out. There
were some other doc-related problems with interim ghc
releases, so I didn't try again.

However, I've tried the following just now:

1. installed Haskell Platform 2011.2.0.0 and looked at the
    docs:

    Does not look good at all, all the extralibs docs seem
    missing (including mtl, apparently our testcase for this
    ticket) - apparently, they also have problems with the
    docs, but have either not noticed or not reported them?

2. installed ghc-7.0.3. Apart from the newest ghc release,
    this also gives me a current haddock (version 2.9.2),
    and I am using the new cabal-install (0.10.2/1.10.1.0)
    from the HP installation instead of the old one that
    broke my installation.

    Ran our testcase (cabal install mtl), and that looked
    much better (links to ffi-1.0, rts-1.0 missing, but that
    is standard, iirc).

I suggest cross-checking with the HP guys, especially the
windows release builder (they are working on an update
for ghc 7.0.3 anyway).

Docs tend to be the first thing to break when anything
gets reorganized (and that tends to happen whenever
nothing urgent needs fixing;-) - it would make sense
to have a few minimum tests on the ghc side (in
addition to the test suite that the HP still doesn't have):

    - no broken links in installer result
    - installing a cabal package like mtl with docs on top
        of ghc installer should work (no errors, correct
        location in ghc-pkg database, no missing links)

Once that is in place, this ticket could be closed (can't
test more thoroughly atm - sorry).

Claus