*** setup configure Configuring SHA-1.4.1... Flags chosen: exe=False, test=False Dependency array -any: using array-0.3.0.1 Dependency base >=4 && <6: using base-4.2.0.2 Dependency binary -any: using binary-0.5.0.2 Dependency bytestring -any: using bytestring-0.9.1.7 Using Cabal-1.8.0.6 compiled by ghc-6.12 Using compiler: ghc-6.12.3 Using install prefix: /usr/local/tmp/archive/install Binaries installed in: /usr/local/tmp/archive/install/bin Libraries installed in: /usr/local/tmp/archive/install/lib/SHA-1.4.1/ghc-6.12.3 Private binaries installed in: /usr/local/tmp/archive/install/libexec Data files installed in: /usr/local/tmp/archive/install/share/SHA-1.4.1 Documentation installed in: /usr/local/tmp/archive/install/share/doc/SHA-1.4.1 Using alex version 2.3.3 found on system at: /usr/bin/alex Using ar found on system at: /usr/bin/ar Using c2hs version 0.16.0 found on system at: /usr/local/bin/c2hs Using cpphs version 1.11 found on system at: /usr/local/bin/cpphs Using ffihugs found on system at: /usr/local/bin/ffihugs Using gcc version 4.4.5 found on system at: /usr/bin/gcc Using ghc version 6.12.3 found on system at: /usr/local/bin/ghc Using ghc-pkg version 6.12.3 found on system at: /usr/local/bin/ghc-pkg Using greencard found on system at: /usr/local/tmp/archive/install/bin/greencard Using haddock version 2.8.1 found on system at: /usr/local/bin/haddock Using happy version 1.17 found on system at: /usr/local/bin/happy No hmake found Using hsc2hs version 0.67 found on system at: /usr/local/bin/hsc2hs Using hscolour version 1.17 found on system at: /usr/local/bin/HsColour Using hugs found on system at: /usr/local/bin/hugs No jhc found Using ld found on system at: /usr/bin/ld No lhc found No lhc-pkg found No nhc98 found Using pkg-config version 0.25 found on system at: /usr/bin/pkg-config Using ranlib found on system at: /usr/bin/ranlib Using strip found on system at: /usr/bin/strip Using tar found on system at: /bin/tar *** setup build Creating dist/build (and its parents) Creating dist/build/autogen (and its parents) Preprocessing library SHA-1.4.1... Preprocessing executables for SHA-1.4.1... Building SHA-1.4.1... Building library... Creating dist/build (and its parents) /usr/local/bin/ghc --make -package-name SHA-1.4.1 -hide-all-packages -fbuilding-cabal-package -i -idist/build -i. -idist/build/autogen -Idist/build/autogen -Idist/build -optP-include -optPdist/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -odir dist/build -hidir dist/build -stubdir dist/build -package-id array-0.3.0.1-438000c197b51c147f229b54edbf632e -package-id base-4.2.0.2-10bdacb430274706a59728e237e2bfb3 -package-id binary-0.5.0.2-d8a2016532c382364dd8eb78608b883d -package-id bytestring-0.9.1.7-e4f5efe6019d4771130f5cd8d3216b38 -O -O2 -Wall -fno-ignore-asserts -funbox-strict-fields -fwarn-tabs -XCPP -XBangPatterns Data.Digest.Pure.SHA [1 of 1] Compiling Data.Digest.Pure.SHA ( Data/Digest/Pure/SHA.hs, dist/build/Data/Digest/Pure/SHA.o ) ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 6.12.3 for i386-unknown-linux): RegAllocLinear.getStackSlotFor: out of stack slots If you are trying to compile SHA1.hs from the crypto library then this is a known limitation in the linear allocator. Try enabling the graph colouring allocator with -fregs-graph instead. You can still file a bug report if you like. Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug *** Trying again with preferred-versions *** setup configure Configuring SHA-1.4.1... cabal-setup: At least the following dependencies are missing: base >=4 && <6 && <4 && >=4 && <6 && <4 && >=4 && <6 && <4 && >=4 && <6 && <4