hackage vector package yields ghc bug on raspberry pi

[plaeremans]

See output below,

pieter@raspberrypi ~ $ cabal install vector
Resolving dependencies...
Configuring vector-0.10.0.1...
Building vector-0.10.0.1...
Preprocessing library vector-0.10.0.1...
[ 1 of 19] Compiling Data.Vector.Storable.Internal ( Data/Vector/Storable/Internal.hs, dist/build/Data/Vector/Storable/Internal.o )
[ 2 of 19] Compiling Data.Vector.Fusion.Util ( Data/Vector/Fusion/Util.hs, dist/build/Data/Vector/Fusion/Util.o )
[ 3 of 19] Compiling Data.Vector.Fusion.Stream.Size ( Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Size.hs, dist/build/Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Size.o )

Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Size.hs:25:10:
    Warning: No explicit method nor default method for `*'
    In the instance declaration for `Num Size'

Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Size.hs:25:10:
    Warning: No explicit method nor default method for `abs'
    In the instance declaration for `Num Size'

Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Size.hs:25:10:
    Warning: No explicit method nor default method for `signum'
    In the instance declaration for `Num Size'
[ 4 of 19] Compiling Data.Vector.Internal.Check ( Data/Vector/Internal/Check.hs, dist/build/Data/Vector/Internal/Check.o )
[ 5 of 19] Compiling Data.Vector.Fusion.Stream.Monadic ( Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Monadic.hs, dist/build/Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Monadic.o )
ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 7.4.1 for arm-unknown-linux):
        Cant do annotations without GHCi
    {Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Monadic.hs:104:19-33}
    base:GHC.Exts.ForceSpecConstr{d ra42}

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

[simonmar]

Your GHC was built without GHCi support (I'm not sure why though). That means you can't build anything that uses Template Haskell or other related features (annotations, quasiquoting).

Try contacting the maintainer of the Debian package of GHC for ARM?