Ticket #1758 (closed merge: fixed)

Opened 6 years ago

Last modified 6 years ago

misleading compiler error message in case of interface file inconsistency

Reported by: guest Owned by: igloo
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: Compiler Version: 6.6.1
Keywords: Cc:
Operating System: MacOS X Architecture: powerpc
Type of failure: Difficulty: Unknown
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Description

I hacked on the GHC base, did something wrong (on purpose), and got a very confusing error message while compiling:

Interface file inconsistency:

home-package module `base:GHC.Base' is mentioned is needed, but is not among the dependencies of interfaces directly imported by the module being compiled

I can't even parse the first sentence!?! Maybe the message could be improved?

Change History

Changed 6 years ago by igloo

  • owner set to igloo
  • type changed from bug to merge 
Mon Oct  8 14:49:58 BST 2007  Simon Marlow <simonmar@microsoft.com>
  * error message fix (#1758)

Changed 6 years ago by igloo

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to fixed

Merged

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