Package: ghc Version: 7.0.3-1 Severity: normal
It seems GHC 7 deb is shipping with a stripped libHSghc. This prevents the loading of the 'ghc' package: 11:21:15 [cactus@galaxy ~]$ ghci -package ghc GHCi, version 7.0.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Loading package array-0.3.0.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package containers-0.4.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package filepath-1.2.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package old-locale-1.0.0.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package old-time-1.0.0.6 ... linking ... done. Loading package unix-2.4.2.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package directory-1.1.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package pretty-1.0.1.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package process-1.0.1.5 ... linking ... done. Loading package Cabal-1.10.1.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package bytestring-0.9.1.10 ... linking ... done. Loading package ghc-binary-0.5.0.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package bin-package-db-0.0.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package hpc-0.5.0.6 ... linking ... done. Loading package template-haskell ... linking ... done. Loading package ghc-7.0.3 ... ghc: This ELF file contains no symtab ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.0.3 for x86_64-unknown-linux): loadArchive "/usr/lib/ghc-7.0.3/ghc-7.0.3/libHSghc-7.0.3.a": failed Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug 11:21:22 [cactus@galaxy ~]$ I've found the following discussion which seems relevant: http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/GHC-5004-yesod-0-7-1-fails-to-build-on-ghc-7-0-2-td3412891.html -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers maverick-updates APT policy: (500, 'maverick-updates'), (500, 'maverick-security'), (500, 'maverick') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages ghc depends on: ii gcc 4:4.4.4-1ubuntu2 The GNU C compiler ii libbsd-dev 0.2.0-1 utility functions from BSD systems ii libc6 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libc6-dev 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2 Embedded GNU C Library: Developmen ii libffi-dev 3.0.9-2ubuntu2 Foreign Function Interface library ii libffi5 3.0.9-2ubuntu2 Foreign Function Interface library ii libgmp-dev 2:5.0.1+dfsg-7 Multiprecision arithmetic library ii libgmp10 2:5.0.1+dfsg-7 Multiprecision arithmetic library ii libncurses5 5.7+20100626-0ubuntu1 shared libraries for terminal hand ghc recommends no packages. Versions of packages ghc suggests: pn ghc-doc <none> (no description available) ii ghc-prof 7.0.3-1 Profiling libraries for the Glasgo pn haskell-doc <none> (no description available) ii perl 5.10.1-12ubuntu2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org