> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 03:25:23PM +0100, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: > >> > >> -utf8_002.hs:2:0: lexical error (UTF-8 decoding error) > >> +utf8_002.hs:2:0: lexical error at end of input > >> *** unexpected failure for utf8_002(normal) > > > > IIRC this just means that you have alex 2.0.1 rather than alex 2.1.0. > > I still think configure should test for that. The argument against > was that only the tests fail, not the build, but aren't the tests > supposed to tell us whether the build is acceptable? > > If you don't want to require the newer alex, couldn't configure > at least give a warning that some tests will fail if the older alex > is detected?
You're right, I'll update the configure script. Simon _______________________________________________ Cvs-ghc mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-ghc
