id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,os,architecture,failure,difficulty,testcase,blockedby,blocking,related
1698,binary distribution not installable (problems with base package),g9ks157k@…,igloo,"The binary build for i386-unknown-linux doesn’t work, at least not if the installation destination isn’t /usr/local.  I get the following messages at the end of the installing process:
{{{
make -C libraries install DOING_BIN_DIST=YES
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/Quellen/ghc-6.8.20070913-i386-unknown-linux/libraries'
if ifBuildable/ifBuildable base; then \
          cd base && \
          ../installPackage/installPackage '' '/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/installiert/ghc-6.8.20070913' '/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/installiert/ghc-6.8.20070913/bin' '/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/installiert/ghc-6.8.20070913/lib/ghc-6.8.20070913' '/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/installiert/ghc-6.8.20070913/lib/ghc-6.8.20070913' '/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/installiert/ghc-6.8.20070913/share/ghc-6.8.20070913' '/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/installiert/ghc-6.8.20070913/share/doc/ghc/libraries/$pkgid' '/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/installiert/ghc-6.8.20070913/share/doc/ghc/libraries/$pkgid/libraries/$pkgid' '/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/Quellen/ghc-6.8.20070913-i386-unknown-linux/utils/ghc-pkg/ghc-pkg.bin' '/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/installiert/ghc-6.8.20070913/lib/ghc-6.8.20070913/package.conf' ; \
        fi
Installing: /home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/installiert/ghc-6.8.20070913/lib/ghc-6.8.20070913/ghc-6.8.20070913/lib/base-2.1
Registering base-2.1...
Reading package info from ""dist/installed-pkg-config"" ... done.
ghc-pkg: /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.8.20070913/base-2.1 doesn't exist or isn't a directory (use --force to override)
make[1]: *** [install.library.base] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jeltsch/Dokumente/Wissenschaft/Software/Quellen/ghc-6.8.20070913-i386-unknown-linux/libraries'
make: *** [install] Error 2
}}}
Also note that the directory structure of the installed software seems to be strange.  The base-2.1 directory is in {{{$PREFIX/lib/ghc-6.8.20070913/ghc-6.8.20070913/lib}}}.",bug,closed,normal,6.8.1,Build System,6.8,fixed,,Christian.Maeder@… g9ks157k@…,Linux,x86,,Unknown,,,,