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02/13/08:

15:02 Ticket #2093 (getSymbolicLinkStatus (and possibly other functions) broken on systems ...) created by JeremyShaw
This thread contains more details: …
13:50 Ticket #2092 (Quadratic amount of code generated) created by igloo
Originally discovered by Twan van Laarhoven, here: …
07:06 Ticket #2086 (Fix test openFile008(ghci) by changing testlib.py to apply cmd_prefix also ...) closed by igloo
fixed: Patch applied; thanks Thorkil!

02/12/08:

22:14 Ticket #2091 (heap corruption in ghc-6.8.2?) created by jeffz
ghc-6.8.2-i386-unknown-mingw32 appears to suffer from heap corruption I …
08:53 Ticket #2090 (Better stack management please) created by guest
(From Adrian Hey) The current ghc rts stack management has a number of …

02/11/08:

21:27 Ticket #1540 (GHC on Macs) closed by chak
fixed: It's done. The HEAD has all the patches, and merged patches for the 6.8 …
19:57 Building/MacOSX/Installer edited by chak
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19:51 Building/MacOSX/Installer edited by chak
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19:49 Building/MacOSX/Installer edited by chak
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19:47 Building/MacOSX/Installer edited by chak
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19:31 Building/MacOSX/Installer edited by chak
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19:24 Building/MacOSX/Installer edited by chak
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18:22 Building/MacOSX/Installer created by chak
18:00 Building/MacOSX edited by chak
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17:42 Building/MacOSX edited by chak
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17:28 WikiStart edited by chak
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17:23 Building/MacOSX edited by chak
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14:08 Ticket #2089 (reading the package db is slow) created by duncan
With a large number of registered packages it takes ages for ghc to read …
10:55 Ticket #2088 (GHC messages do not reflect argument name changes) created by sethkurtzberg
Recent versions of ghc use -frecordPuns. ghc 6.8.2 uses -XRecordPuns. …

02/10/08:

13:54 Ticket #1750 (ghc-pkg stack overflow when mutually dependent packages installed) closed by igloo
fixed: All 3 merged.
13:53 Ticket #1771 (hFileSize gives negative values) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged
13:52 Ticket #1767 (:show <setting> does not conform to documented specification) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged
13:16 GettingStarted edited by igloo
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13:06 Ticket #2087 (On a PPC Mac OS X 10.4, the RTS reports "Memory leak detected" running a ...) created by thorkilnaur
On a PPC Mac OS X 10.4, the RTS reports "Memory leak detected" running a …
08:04 Ticket #2085 (cabal uses haddock from hard-coded location) closed by duncan
wontfix: If someone specifies a non-standard location using --happy-prog= then we …

02/09/08:

15:11 ExtensibleRecords edited by barney
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11:46 Ticket #2086 (Fix test openFile008(ghci) by changing testlib.py to apply cmd_prefix also ...) created by thorkilnaur
The test openFile008(ghci) currently fails on PPC Mac OS X 10.4 as …

02/08/08:

18:06 Ticket #2085 (cabal uses haddock from hard-coded location) created by Frederik
I don't know if this is a feature or a bug. It seems that cabal doesn't …
16:29 Ticket #1936 (When lazy IO blocks, it blocks the whole runtime) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged
16:29 Ticket #2049 (GHCi doesn't fully load previously broken modules) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged
14:38 Ticket #2084 (GHC panic) created by stimberm
GHC crashed with the following output, but I don't know what this is …
13:13 Ticket #2083 (linker reports missing symbols Main.c:(.text+0x12): undefined reference to ...) created by Andrew U. Frank
i use 6.8.2 on linux (ubuntu 7.10). i use mainly eclipse and ghci, but …
10:27 Ticket #2082 (In ghci, :i leaves out parens in type) created by chad.scherrer
In ghci, :i sometimes leaves out parentheses in the type. For example, in …
07:29 Ticket #1838 (do not use getEnv "HOME", use System.Directory.getHomeDirectory) closed by igloo
fixed: Both merged
07:28 Ticket #2047 (ghc compiled program crashes with segfault when using -M and/or -c) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged

02/07/08:

23:16 Ticket #2081 (GHC reports internal error: stg_ap_v_ret) created by thorkilnaur
On a PPC Mac OS X 10.4 running […] to spend some resources, in about …
06:14 Ticket #2080 (Bug in CmmOpt) created by simonmar
Two bugs are demonstrated by the following code. The first one is wrong …
04:33 Ticket #2079 (GHC 6.8.* doesn't recognize type variables) created by daniel.is.fischer
The module […] triggers the following error in ghci (6.8.1 and 6.8.2): …

02/06/08:

05:19 Building/RunningTests edited by simonmar
update (diff)
02:25 Ticket #2078 (INLINE and strictness) created by simonpj
Consider this code […] At the moment the body of foo is not …
01:23 Ticket #2077 (GHC ignores pragma due to preceding comment) closed by simonmar
duplicate: Thanks for the report - we already have this one as #1736

02/05/08:

13:59 Ticket #2077 (GHC ignores pragma due to preceding comment) created by tbh
GHC ignores a {-# OPTIONS -fglasgow-exts #-} pragma because …
09:06 Ticket #1537 (do notation translation) reopened by simonpj
OK here's a fix: […] Probably worth merging, hence re-opening. I hope …
09:04 Ticket #2070 (Record field selectors are not optimized) closed by simonpj
fixed: This patch should fix it […] No need to merge to the 6.8 branch. I'm …
03:28 ExtensibleRecords edited by simonpj
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02/04/08:

22:28 Ticket #2076 (rational infinities don't compare correctly to each other) created by uhollerbach
Let pinf = 1%0, and ninf = (-1)%0; then (min ninf pinf) is correctly …
14:31 Ticket #2075 (hpc should render information about the run in its html markup) created by dons
To check if a generated coverage test is up to date, it would be useful to …

02/03/08:

02:54 Ticket #2074 (build of ghc-6.8.2 with extras failed) created by sk
Dear developer, while compiling ghc-6.8.2 I got the following error: …

02/01/08:

07:54 Ticket #2066 (Building 6.9 with 6.4.1 fails) closed by simonmar
fixed: Fixed this, and a few other problems.

01/31/08:

12:52 Ticket #2073 (ghci records empty input lines in readline history) created by Eelis-
Ghci records empty input lines in the readline history. This appears to be …

01/30/08:

17:52 Ticket #2067 (ALUT fails to build on Mac OS X) closed by igloo
invalid: In order to build ALUT, you need the C ALUT library. It sounds like this …

01/29/08:

14:55 Ticket #2072 (freebsd/amd64: don't know how to mangle assembly language) created by newsham
Trying to build the zlib package I ran across this error: ghc-asm: don't …
08:24 Ticket #1717 (ghc-6.8 configure does not recognise 32bit userland on ppc64) reopened by simonmar
Re-opening. It seems there are Linux/x86-64 installations that have the …

01/28/08:

19:53 Ticket #2071 (hp2ps does not handle SCCs with spaces in the identifiers) created by benl
If the source program defines a SCC with a space in the identifier, then …
12:52 Ticket #2070 (Record field selectors are not optimized) created by twanvl
It seems that record field selectors are not optimized. Usually this …
09:13 Ticket #2069 (GHC crashes when both -shared and --make flags are specified) created by bchallenor
I'm not even sure if you're meant to be able to do this, but I wanted to …
08:29 WorkingConventions edited by tim
make it more clear who's doing what (diff)
06:35 WorkingConventions edited by simonmar
point to licensing; other misc changes (diff)
04:15 Ticket #2068 (need better exception names for fgl) created by Frederik
Every once in a while, due to bugs in my code, when using fgl I see …

01/27/08:

15:06 Ticket #2067 (ALUT fails to build on Mac OS X) created by guest
Sound.ALUT (2.1.0.0) does not build on Mac OS X: It misses the C header …
07:32 Ticket #2066 (Building 6.9 with 6.4.1 fails) created by pejo
Building GHC 6.9 (20080126 snapshot) with 6.4.1 fails on …

01/26/08:

13:10 Ticket #2062 (hpc markup: Prelude.foldr1: empty list) closed by AndyGill
fixed
11:37 Ticket #2065 (QuickCheck: coarbitrary for Double and Float is broken.) created by jedbrown
The coarbitrary definition for these types is incompatible with the way …

01/25/08:

14:58 Licensing edited by tim
avoid passive voice -- it's really important here to be clear who is … (diff)
07:34 Internships edited by simonpj
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07:21 Ticket #2064 (problems with duplicate modules) created by Frederik
Hello, I just noticed the following minor issue. I have a cabal file which …
07:15 Licensing created by simonmar
first cut
06:00 WorkingConventions/FixingBugs edited by simonmar
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05:57 GettingStarted edited by simonmar
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02:37 Ticket #987 (X11: foreign declarations use Haskell types instead of C ones) closed by simonmar
fixed: I believe this was done last year. The X11 package has the following …
02:29 Ticket #784 (defining type of returned value) closed by simonmar
fixed: This module now reports an error in 6.8.2: […] So it appears to be …

01/24/08:

16:09 Ticket #2063 (x86_64: RTS linker depends on working MAP_32BIT) created by dons
GHC head since the 6.8 split back in October, is broken on OpenBSD, due to …
08:42 Ticket #911 (Better information about the location of exceptions) closed by simonmar
fixed: The User's Guide has a section on "Debugging Exceptions". I also improved …
08:26 Ticket #1368 (Use filepath in GHC) closed by igloo
fixed: Now done in the HEAD.
08:17 Building/Porting edited by felixmar
"make hc-file-bundle Project=Ghc" wants Parser.hs from extralibs (diff)
08:15 Internships edited by simonmar
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02:11 Ticket #482 ('Bug' when installing GHC 6.4.1) closed by simonmar
wontfix: Closing, as this appears to be not our bug.

01/23/08:

06:36 Ticket #1987 (GHCi's config file in <AppData>\ghc folder on Windows) closed by simonmar
fixed: See #1838
05:10 Ticket #2062 (hpc markup: Prelude.foldr1: empty list) created by jedbrown
While testing code coverage for my new package, I noticed this. […]
02:36 Ticket #2061 (ghc-pkg loops on mutually recursive package dependencies) closed by simonmar
duplicate: Thanks for the report, we already have a ticket for this one: #1750.
02:34 Ticket #2060 (Unknown opcode 10904) closed by simonmar
duplicate: Thanks for the report. This was a bug in GHC 6.6 (see #1013), please …

01/22/08:

22:27 GhcPapers edited by tim
typo (diff)
17:34 Ticket #1312 (runghc doesn't respect -main-is) closed by igloo
fixed: OK, this is now done in 6.8 and HEAD, but you need to escape the argument …
15:29 Ticket #2061 (ghc-pkg loops on mutually recursive package dependencies) created by trevor
If you have two packages installed, A and B, with a dependency from B to …
14:17 Ticket #2060 (Unknown opcode 10904) created by ezrakilty
I got this error working with ghci just now. Contrary to what it says, I'm …

01/21/08:

09:34 Commentary/Compiler/NewCodeGen edited by guest
added some hard links to real source files (diff)
07:17 Building/Porting edited by simonmar
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05:29 Ticket #1826 (unable to list source for <exception thrown> should never occur) reopened by igloo
Ah, so actually the :trace detection doesn't work if you :trace an …
05:12 Ticket #2054 (:history doesn't work if :trace is not used initially) closed by simonmar
invalid: This is the correct result. main is a CAF (see …
04:44 Ticket #2055 (Incorrect warning about qualified import) closed by simonpj
fixed: Sorry, my fault. Fixed now. No need to merge... it's HEAD only. Simon

01/20/08:

16:11 Ticket #2059 (Erroneous results in trigonometric functions for > double-precision values) created by daniel.is.fischer
For large inputs, sin, cos and tan return the input value: […]
08:43 Ticket #1599 (testsuite timeout doesn't kill subprocesses on Windows) closed by igloo
fixed: The timeout program in the testsuite now does this.
02:11 Ticket #2058 (Ghci tab-completion cannot handle Unicode) created by desegnis
Ghci on *nix is capable of handling input Unicode identifiers encoded as …

01/19/08:

12:22 Ticket #1975 (GHC cc phase doesn't add -framework-path flags) closed by igloo
fixed: Patch applied to 6.8 and HEAD branches: […]
09:27 Ticket #1821 (Parser or lexer mess-up) closed by igloo
fixed: Many thanks for the patch, dfranke! I've just applied it. Sorry for the …
08:59 Ticket #2057 (inconsistent .hi file error gets ignored) created by duncan
[…] Now, the inconsistent .hi file was entirely my fault. However note …
07:52 Ticket #2056 (Incorrect warning about unused import) closed by igloo
duplicate: Thanks for the report. However, this looks the same as #1148 to me; you do …
07:29 Ticket #2056 (Incorrect warning about unused import) created by duncan
In  cabal-install in four modules …
07:29 Ticket #2055 (Incorrect warning about qualified import) created by duncan
GHC HEAD failed to validate recently because of this warning (in …
05:22 Ticket #1826 (unable to list source for <exception thrown> should never occur) closed by igloo
fixed: Thanks; now fixed in 6.8 branch and HEAD, modulo #2054.
04:58 Ticket #2054 (:history doesn't work if :trace is not used initially) created by igloo
With this q.hs: […] if I :trace main then :history works: […] …
04:34 Ticket #2024 (Template Haskell doesn't work well with Lexically Scoped Type Variables) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged

01/18/08:

23:03 Ticket #2053 (Add read_history and write_history bindings to readline) created by ajd
Add Haskell bindings for the GNU Readline functions read_history and …
07:55 Building/Porting edited by guest
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07:17 Commentary/Compiler/NewCodeGen edited by guest
elaborated items on the todo list in some detail (diff)
02:04 Ticket #1395 (let ./configure check for a GNUreadline framework) closed by maeder
fixed: ./configure checks for the GNUreadline framework so let's close this …
01:59 Ticket #1798 (add better framework support to ghc) closed by maeder
duplicate: let's discuss this further in #2021

01/17/08:

15:35 Ticket #2052 (hpc ignores files containing LINES pragmas that refer to .hsc files) created by dons
ghc -hpc generates no ticks for files containing LINE pragmas that point …
07:24 Ticket #2051 (-hide-package doesn't allow hiding uninstalled package) created by MagnusTherning
The following behaviour seems a bit too strict: % ghc-pkg list …
01:22 TypeFunctionsStatus edited by chak
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01/16/08:

21:28 TypeFunctionsStatus edited by chak
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20:58 TypeFunctionsStatus edited by chak
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17:20 Ticket #2050 (GHCi should keep a persistent history file) created by ajd
It would be nice if GHCi kept a persistent history of commands like bash …
17:18 Ticket #2049 (GHCi doesn't fully load previously broken modules) created by ajd
Scenario: I have a project with three modules: Mod1, Mod2 and Mod3. Mod3 …
14:55 Ticket #2048 (Add split and splitWith to Data.List) created by twanvl
An often requested function is 'split', to split a list into parts …
06:56 Internships edited by simonpj
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06:55 Internships edited by simonpj
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06:49 Internships edited by simonpj
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06:34 Internships edited by simonpj
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01:32 Ticket #2046 (Parse errors for mismatched brackets are awful) closed by simonmar
duplicate: This is a long-standing problem, see #459 :-) The "possibly incorrect …

01/15/08:

23:19 Building/GettingTheSources edited by asomis
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19:12 Building/Porting edited by guest
the --srcdir=. option for ./configure seems necessary for GHC to find … (diff)
18:20 Ticket #1976 (System.Posix.User.getUserEntryForName: incorrect error for non-existent ...) closed by igloo
fixed: Now fixed in both HEAD and 6.8 branch.
18:17 Ticket #2019 (GADT record with polytype argument causes irrefutable pattern failure in ...) closed by igloo
fixed: I've set the tests to be skipped in the 6.8 branch. This patch: […] …
13:37 Building/Porting edited by guest
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13:36 Building/Porting edited by guest
Clarified that *.hc files must be manually unpacked. (diff)
07:45 Ticket #2047 (ghc compiled program crashes with segfault when using -M and/or -c) created by mte
When running my program with limited heap size (-H128m) and/or using the …
07:39 Ticket #2043 (Debug build is broken by removal of FastTypes import in utils/Util.lhs) closed by igloo
fixed: Thanks for the patch! I've applied it.
07:28 Ticket #2033 (GHC-6.9 panics rather than parse error, related to view patterns.) closed by igloo
fixed: Simon, yes, I had guessed that it ought to be rejected earlier, but hadn't …
06:56 Ticket #2046 (Parse errors for mismatched brackets are awful) created by NeilMitchell
[…] The parser error messages for incorrect brackets are awful. A much …
03:57 Ticket #2045 (Link error when compiling with -fhpc) created by guest
I've attached a version of Lava and simple program Main.hs. Compiling …
03:21 Ticket #2044 ("Can't unify" error in debugger) created by r6144
Debugging the attached array1.hs under GHCi gives the following error: …

01/14/08:

11:08 Ticket #2043 (Debug build is broken by removal of FastTypes import in utils/Util.lhs) created by gmainland
The following patch removed the FastTypes? import in utils/Util.lhs which …
08:36 Ticket #2042 (Add concatMapM to Control.Monad) created by twanvl
I have written this function over and over again for different projects. …
02:36 Ticket #2017 (Normal Guards are internally spliced as Pattern Guards causing compiler ...) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged
02:36 Ticket #2018 (Interface file error with GADT and -O1) closed by igloo
fixed: Both merged
02:35 Ticket #2009 (--with-gmp-includes not honoured everywhere) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged
02:34 Ticket #2030 (GHC internal error: `m' is not in scope) closed by igloo
fixed: Merged […]
02:27 Ticket #2027 (ghc -e sometimes spills control characters into its output) closed by igloo
fixed: Thanks for the report & patch! I've applied it to the HEAD and 6.8 branch.
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