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3385	Compiling readline 1.0.1.0 on GHC 6.10.3 causes panic	gparent		"Compiling readline 1.0.1.0 from source using GHC 6.10.3 causes the following output:

geordi@debianserv:~/haskell/readline-1.0.1.0$ runhaskell Setup.hs configure

Setup.hs:3:0:
    Warning: In the use of `defaultUserHooks'
             (imported from Distribution.Simple):
             Deprecated: ""Use simpleUserHooks or autoconfUserHooks, unless you need Cabal-1.2
             compatibility in which case you must stick with defaultUserHooks""
Warning: defaultUserHooks in Setup script is deprecated.
Configuring readline-1.0.1.0...
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for GNUreadline.framework... checking for readline... no
checking for tputs in -lncurses... yes
checking for readline in -lreadline... yes
checking for rl_readline_version... yes
checking for rl_begin_undo_group... yes
checking for rl_erase_empty_line... yes
checking for rl_free_undo_list... yes
checking for rl_completion_word_break_hook in -lreadline... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating config.mk
config.status: creating readline.buildinfo
config.status: creating include/HsReadlineConfig.h
config.status: include/HsReadlineConfig.h is unchanged
geordi@debianserv:~/haskell/readline-1.0.1.0$ runhaskell Setup.hs build

Setup.hs:3:0:
    Warning: In the use of `defaultUserHooks'
             (imported from Distribution.Simple):
             Deprecated: ""Use simpleUserHooks or autoconfUserHooks, unless you need Cabal-1.2
             compatibility in which case you must stick with defaultUserHooks""
Preprocessing library readline-1.0.1.0...
Building readline-1.0.1.0...
Binary: Int64 truncated to fit in 32 bit Int
ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 6.10.3 for i386-unknown-linux):
        Prelude.chr: bad argument

Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

geordi@debianserv:~/haskell/readline-1.0.1.0$


Package was downloaded from: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/readline

GHC is the latest version from Debian/Unstable."	bug	closed	normal		Compiler	6.10.3	invalid	readline panic truncated		Linux	x86		Unknown