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5919	Wrong error message for TH when GHCi is not enabled	duncan		"A user reported this confusing error message:

{{{
Data/FileEmbed.hs:69:15:
    Template Haskell bracket illegal in a stage-1 compiler
      [| stringToBs |]
}}}

The compiler was not stage-1, but:
{{{
ghc --info
 [(""Project name"",""The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System"")
 ,(""Project version"",""7.0.4"")
 ,(""Booter version"",""7.0.4"")
 ,(""Stage"",""2"")
 ,(""Build platform"",""powerpc-unknown-linux"")
 ,(""Host platform"",""powerpc-unknown-linux"")
 ,(""Target platform"",""powerpc-unknown-linux"")
 ,(""Have interpreter"",""NO"")
 ,(""Object splitting"",""YES"")
 ,(""Have native code generator"",""YES"")
 ,(""Have llvm code generator"",""YES"")
 ,(""Support SMP"",""YES"")
 ,(""Unregisterised"",""NO"")
...
 ]
}}}

So it looks like the problem is not stage-1, but the fact that (""Have interpreter"",""NO"").

So the error message should report that the Template Haskell extension requires that ghc is built with ghci/interpreter support."	bug	closed	normal		Compiler	7.0.4	fixed			Unknown/Multiple	Unknown/Multiple	Incorrect warning at compile-time	Unknown