#4037: ghc/ghc-6.12.1 interacts strangely with quoted command line parameters ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 6.12.1 Keywords: | Difficulty: Os: Unknown/Multiple | Testcase: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Description changed by igloo:
Old description: > pkgver.hs: > {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-} > main = print PACKAGE_VERSION > > PACKAGE_VERSION is expected to be a quoted string. > > c:\Sources>ghc --version > The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.12.1 > > c:\Sources>ghc --make -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"2.4.1\" pkgver.hs -fforce- > recomp > [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( pkgver.hs, pkgver.o ) > Linking pkgver.exe ... > > c:\Sources>ghc-6.10.4.exe --make -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"2.4.1\" pkgver.hs > -fforce-recomp > [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( pkgver.hs, pkgver.o ) > > pkgver.hs:2:7: > Couldn't match expected type `b -> c' against inferred type `IO ()' > In the first argument of `(.)', namely `print 2.4' > In the expression: print 2.4 . 1 > In the definition of `main': main = print 2.4 . 1 > > c:\Sources>ghc-6.12.1.exe --make -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"2.4.1\" pkgver.hs > -fforce-recomp > [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( pkgver.hs, pkgver.o ) > > pkgver.hs:2:7: > Couldn't match expected type `b -> c' against inferred type `IO ()' > In the first argument of `(.)', namely `print 2.4' > In the expression: print 2.4 . 1 > In the definition of `main': main = print 2.4 . 1 > > Issue seen in the wild thanks to cabal -w flag. Building darcs with > "cabal install darcs-2.4 -w ghc-6.10.4.exe" fails. > > Affected 6.10.4 and 6.12.1. More info here: > http://bugs.darcs.net/issue1824 New description: pkgver.hs: {{{ {-# LANGUAGE CPP #-} main = print PACKAGE_VERSION }}} PACKAGE_VERSION is expected to be a quoted string. {{{ c:\Sources>ghc --version The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.12.1 c:\Sources>ghc --make -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"2.4.1\" pkgver.hs -fforce-recomp [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( pkgver.hs, pkgver.o ) Linking pkgver.exe ... c:\Sources>ghc-6.10.4.exe --make -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"2.4.1\" pkgver.hs -fforce-recomp [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( pkgver.hs, pkgver.o ) pkgver.hs:2:7: Couldn't match expected type `b -> c' against inferred type `IO ()' In the first argument of `(.)', namely `print 2.4' In the expression: print 2.4 . 1 In the definition of `main': main = print 2.4 . 1 c:\Sources>ghc-6.12.1.exe --make -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"2.4.1\" pkgver.hs -fforce-recomp [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( pkgver.hs, pkgver.o ) pkgver.hs:2:7: Couldn't match expected type `b -> c' against inferred type `IO ()' In the first argument of `(.)', namely `print 2.4' In the expression: print 2.4 . 1 In the definition of `main': main = print 2.4 . 1 }}} Issue seen in the wild thanks to cabal -w flag. Building darcs with "cabal install darcs-2.4 -w ghc-6.10.4.exe" fails. Affected 6.10.4 and 6.12.1. More info here: http://bugs.darcs.net/issue1824 -- -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4037#comment:2> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list Glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs