[Slackbuilds-users] haskell-platform (was: Checklist.txt lives?)

[xgizzmo at slackbuilds.org]

On Tuesday 18 September 2012 01:13:39 Christoph Willing wrote:
> 
> On 18/09/2012, at 1:46 PM, Robby Workman <rworkman at slackbuilds.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:56:26 +1000
> > Christoph Willing <c.willing at uq.edu.au> wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >> On 17/09/2012, at 1:05 PM, Robby Workman <rworkman at slackbuilds.org>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:50:12 +1000
> >>> Christoph Willing <c.willing at uq.edu.au> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> In that case, is there a problem with haskell/haskell-platform
> >>>> that I should know about? I reported it as OK for both 32 & 64bit
> >>>> -current-rc2 back at 17th August. I just checked again (64bit) and
> >>>> its still fine.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Well, here's what's in David's build log:
> >>> 
> >>> configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-hc-pkg, --with-gcc
> >>> "./Setup" "build"
> >>> Building GLUT-2.1.2.1...
> >>> Preprocessing library GLUT-2.1.2.1...
> >>> 
> >>> Graphics/UI/GLUT/Begin.hs:26:8:
> >>>   Could not find module `Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.GL.StateVar'
> >>>   It is a member of the hidden package `OpenGL-2.2.3.1'.
> >>>   Perhaps you need to add `OpenGL' to the build-depends in
> >>> your .cabal file. Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.
> >>> 
> >>> Error:
> >>> Building the GLUT-2.1.2.1 package failed
> >>> make: *** [build.stamp] Error 2
> >> 
> >> I've just built a new -current machine (x86_64) on which I:
> >> 1. built ghc package and installed it (hscolour package REQUIRES it)
> >> 2. built hscolour package and installed it (haskell-platform package
> >> REQUIRES it) 3. built haskell-platform package - no errors.
> >> 
> >> I wonder if the machine which fails as reported above already
> >> contains some other haskell related packages? The haskell-platform
> >> package is a collection of haskell apps & libraries to provide a
> >> small haskell ecosystem. The presence of other haskell-related
> >> packages might be the cause of that build failure. As mentioned in
> >> the README:
> >> 
> >> "This is intended to be installed on a system that does not already
> >> have any haskell-related components (other than ghc & hscolour, of
> >> course) installed, so for best results (and chance of success), you
> >> should remove any of those before you try to build haskell-platform."
> > 
> > 
> > Well, if you're sure it works, I'll take your word for it :-)
> 
> Great, thanks.
> 
> At the same time, it would be nice to confirm why David's build failed. I guess you're all really busy at the moment but if there's any chance of establishing whether that machine already has some other haskell package(s) installed …
> 
> 
> chris
>
haskell-platform does build with only the required packages installed.
It was one of the first haskell builds tested, the error log is indeed
from a build attempt with other haskell packages installed. The part of
the reason it was still on the Checklist was it installs everything in
/usr/lib/* even on x86_64. All the other haskell builds install in 
/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/ghc-*/ including hscolour. The error log was a bit 
misleading as it was not the reason it was still on the Checklist. 

--dsomero