[xmonad] cannot build latest xmonad: unknown symbol

[Dominik Bruhn]

Try to recompile your whole toolchain, so every package your build yourself and
not installed by ubuntu (like X11)

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 05:26:26PM -0500, David Cabana wrote:
> Today I tried to build xmonad from the latest darcs source, and got an
> error message I don't understand.  Here's the terminal session:
> 
> drc at tangerine:~/local/haskell/xmonad$ darcs pull
> Pulling from "http://code.haskell.org/xmonad"...
> No remote changes to pull in!
> drc at tangerine:~/local/haskell/xmonad$ runhaskell Setup.lhs configure
> --user --prefix=$HOME
> Setup.lhs: /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.10.1/directory-1.0.0.2/HSdirectory-1.0.0.2.o:
> unknown symbol `unixzm2zi3zi1zi0_SystemziPosixziDirectory_a12_info'
> Setup.lhs: Setup.lhs: unable to load package `directory-1.0.0.2'
> 
> --- Here's my ghc version:
> drc at tangerine:~/local/haskell/xmonad$ ghc --version
> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.10.1
> 
> --- Here's what I have installed:
> drc at tangerine:~/local/haskell/xmonad$ ghc-pkg list
> /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.10.1/./package.conf:
>     Cabal-1.6.0.1, array-0.2.0.0, base-3.0.3.0, base-4.0.0.0,
>     bytestring-0.9.1.4, containers-0.2.0.0, directory-1.0.0.2,
>     editline-0.2.1.0, filepath-1.1.0.1, (ghc-6.10.1), ghc-prim-0.1.0.0,
>     haddock-2.3.0, haskell98-1.0.1.0, hpc-0.5.0.2, integer-0.1.0.0,
>     old-locale-1.0.0.1, old-time-1.0.0.1, packedstring-0.1.0.1,
>     pretty-1.0.1.0, process-1.0.1.0, random-1.0.0.1, rts-1.0,
>     syb-0.1.0.0, template-haskell-2.3.0.0, unix-2.3.1.0
> /home/drc/.ghc/i386-linux-6.10.1/package.conf:
>     Cabal-1.6.0.1, HTTP-3001.1.5, HTTP-4000.0.4, X11-1.4.5,
>     X11-xft-0.3, ghc-paths-0.1.0.5, haddock-2.4.1, haskell98-1.0.1.0,
>     mtl-1.1.0.2, network-2.2.0.1, old-time-1.0.0.0, parsec-2.1.0.1,
>     parsec-3.0.0, process-1.0.1.1, readline-1.0.1.0, unix-2.3.1.0,
>     utf8-string-0.3.3, utf8-string-0.3.4, xmonad-0.8.1,
>     xmonad-contrib-0.8.1, zlib-0.5.0.0
> 
> I'm running on a 32 bit machine, latest Ubuntu Intrepid.  I'm not a
> Haskell programmer, just an enthusiastic Xmonad user. Any guidance
> would be much appreciated.  I'd  be happy to provide any information
> about my local setup that might prove useful.  Oddly, I can build from
> source on my other machine, running 64 bit Ubuntu.
> 
> Thank you,
> drc
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Dominik Bruhn
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