Using the ghc I built from the source tarball I encountered a problem in doing a cabal install -j5 hlint (on a Mac). I got
cabal install -j5 hlint ... Failed to install extra-1.4.6 Build log ( /Users/gcolpitts/.cabal/logs/extra-1.4.6.log ): /Users/gcolpitts/.cabal/logs/extra-1.4.6.log: openFile: does not exist (No such file or directory) I didn't have this problem with earlier versions of ghc 8 when did cabal install hlint but I'm not sure if the versions involved in previous hlint components were the same Cheers George On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:03 PM Carter Schonwald <carter.schonw...@gmail.com> wrote: > i hit tar: ghc-8.0.1/utils/haddock/doc/haddock/*: Cannot stat: No such > file or directory > whats that about? > i can try to poke at it this evening too > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Ben Gamari <b...@well-typed.com> wrote: > >> > [ Unknown signature status ] >> tl;dr: If you would like to produce a binary distribution for GHC >> 8.0.1 then let us know, grab the source distribution and start >> building. The binary distributions will be all released one week >> from today. >> >> >> Hello GHC packagers, >> >> I am happy to at long last announce the release of the 8.0.1 source >> distribution to binary packagers. You will find the usual artifacts at >> >> http://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.0.1/ >> >> These tarballs are derived from GHC commit >> >> e99c1e2516aeb283172c7e6898508238e33cf065. >> >> For this release we are again following our new release policy [1], >> with a one-week delay between the release of the source and binary >> distributions. The goal of this policy is to give all platforms the >> opportunity for support from the first day of a release. >> >> If all of the expected binary releases are submitted before the >> week-long delay has elapsed, we will move forward with the release of >> the binaries on an accelerated schedule. It would be appreciated if you >> could reply to this message confirming that you intend to offer a binary >> distribution for this release. >> >> Otherwise, let either Austin or I know if you have any trouble building >> your distribution. As usual I'll hold off on pushing the release git tag >> until we have a few binaries built in case we encounter unexpected >> issues. >> >> Good luck and thanks for all of your work! >> >> Cheers, >> >> - Ben >> >> >> [1] https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2016-March/011546.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ghc-devs mailing list >> ghc-devs@haskell.org >> http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >> >> > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >
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