Package: ghc6
Version: 6.4.1-1
Severity: serious
Justification: causes an FTBFS for haskelldb, washngo
Tags: upstream patch
The following upstream change in 6.4.1 breaks packages that build
executables with HS-Source-Dir:
--- ghc6-6.4/libraries/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Install.hs
+++ ghc6-6.4.1/libraries/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Install.hs
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@
-> PackageDescription -> IO ()
installExeGhc verbose pref buildPref pkg_descr
= do createDirectoryIfMissing True pref
- withExe pkg_descr $ \ (Executable e _ b) ->
- copyFileVerbose verbose (buildPref `joinFileName` (hsSourceDir b)
`joinFileName` e) (pref `joinFileName` e)
+ withExe pkg_descr $ \ (Executable e _ b) -> do
+ let exeName = e `joinFileExt` exeExtension
+ copyFileVerbose verbose (buildPref `joinFileName` exeName) (pref
`joinFileName` exeName)
-- |Install for ghc, .hi and .a
installLibGHC :: Int -- ^verbose
The new code looks for executables in dist/build/<exeName> rather than
dist/build/<HS-Source-Dir>/<exeName> where they are built, and the
installation phase breaks. Patch attached.
Thanks,
Matej
--- ghc6-6.4.1.dist/libraries/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Install.hs
+++ ghc6-6.4.1/libraries/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Install.hs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
= do createDirectoryIfMissing True pref
withExe pkg_descr $ \ (Executable e _ b) -> do
let exeName = e `joinFileExt` exeExtension
- copyFileVerbose verbose (buildPref `joinFileName` exeName) (pref
`joinFileName` exeName)
+ copyFileVerbose verbose (buildPref `joinFileName` (hsSourceDir b)
`joinFileName` exeName) (pref `joinFileName` exeName)
-- |Install for ghc, .hi and .a
installLibGHC :: Int -- ^verbose
