id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,difficulty,ghcversion,platform 599,bootstrap of cabal-install fails on ghc 6.12rc1,guest,,"I tried to bootstrap cabal-install on ghc 6.12rc1. After installing the required network and parsec packages from hackage, I ran bootstrap.sh and this is what I got: {{{ [greenrd@fedora cabal-install-0.6.2]$ ./bootstrap.sh Checking installed packages for ghc-6.12.0.20091010... parsec is already installed and the version is ok. network is already installed and the version is ok. Cabal-1.6.0.2 will be downloaded and installed. HTTP-4000.0.4 will be downloaded and installed. zlib-0.5.0.0 will be downloaded and installed. Downloading Cabal-1.6.0.2... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 189k 100 189k 0 0 75945 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 85089 [ 1 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.Permissions ( Distribution/Compat/Permissions.hs, Distribution/Compat/Permissions.o ) Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.hs:1:11: Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or pragma {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.hs:4:15: Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or pragma {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead Distribution/Simple/Utils.hs:1:11: Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or pragma {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead Distribution/Simple/Utils.hs:4:15: Warning: -fffi is deprecated: use -XForeignFunctionInterface or pragma {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface#-} instead [ 2 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC.Makefile ( Distribution/Simple/GHC/Makefile.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC/Makefile.o ) [ 3 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.Exception ( Distribution/Compat/Exception.hs, Distribution/Compat/Exception.o ) [ 4 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.TempFile ( Distribution/Compat/TempFile.hs, Distribution/Compat/TempFile.o ) Distribution/Compat/TempFile.hs:27:0: Warning: Module `GHC.Handle' is deprecated: [use GHC.IO.Handle.Base instead] [ 5 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.CopyFile ( Distribution/Compat/CopyFile.hs, Distribution/Compat/CopyFile.o ) [ 6 of 51] Compiling Distribution.GetOpt ( Distribution/GetOpt.hs, Distribution/GetOpt.o ) [ 7 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compat.ReadP ( Distribution/Compat/ReadP.hs, Distribution/Compat/ReadP.o ) [ 8 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.PreProcess.Unlit ( Distribution/Simple/PreProcess/Unlit.hs, Distribution/Simple/PreProcess/Unlit.o ) [ 9 of 51] Compiling Distribution.ReadE ( Distribution/ReadE.hs, Distribution/ReadE.o ) [10 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Text ( Distribution/Text.hs, Distribution/Text.o ) [11 of 51] Compiling Distribution.ModuleName ( Distribution/ModuleName.hs, Distribution/ModuleName.o ) [12 of 51] Compiling Distribution.System ( Distribution/System.hs, Distribution/System.o ) [13 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Verbosity ( Distribution/Verbosity.hs, Distribution/Verbosity.o ) [14 of 51] Compiling Language.Haskell.Extension ( Language/Haskell/Extension.hs, Language/Haskell/Extension.o ) [15 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Version ( Distribution/Version.hs, Distribution/Version.o ) [16 of 51] Compiling Distribution.License ( Distribution/License.hs, Distribution/License.o ) [17 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Compiler ( Distribution/Compiler.hs, Distribution/Compiler.o ) [18 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Compiler ( Distribution/Simple/Compiler.hs, Distribution/Simple/Compiler.o ) [19 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Package ( Distribution/Package.hs, Distribution/Package.o ) [20 of 51] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription ( Distribution/PackageDescription.hs, Distribution/PackageDescription.o ) [21 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Utils ( Distribution/Simple/Utils.hs, Distribution/Simple/Utils.o ) [22 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program ( Distribution/Simple/Program.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program.o ) [23 of 51] Compiling Distribution.ParseUtils ( Distribution/ParseUtils.hs, Distribution/ParseUtils.o ) [24 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Command ( Distribution/Simple/Command.hs, Distribution/Simple/Command.o ) [25 of 51] Compiling Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo ( Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.hs, Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.o ) [26 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.InstallDirs ( Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.hs, Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.o ) [27 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Setup ( Distribution/Simple/Setup.hs, Distribution/Simple/Setup.o ) [28 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.PackageIndex ( Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.hs, Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.o ) [29 of 51] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Configuration ( Distribution/PackageDescription/Configuration.hs, Distribution/PackageDescription/Configuration.o ) [30 of 51] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Parse ( Distribution/PackageDescription/Parse.hs, Distribution/PackageDescription/Parse.o ) [31 of 51] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Check ( Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.hs, Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.o ) [32 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.LocalBuildInfo ( Distribution/Simple/LocalBuildInfo.hs, Distribution/Simple/LocalBuildInfo.o ) [33 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.BuildPaths ( Distribution/Simple/BuildPaths.hs, Distribution/Simple/BuildPaths.o ) [34 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.PreProcess ( Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs, Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.o ) [35 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.UserHooks ( Distribution/Simple/UserHooks.hs, Distribution/Simple/UserHooks.o ) [36 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.SrcDist ( Distribution/Simple/SrcDist.hs, Distribution/Simple/SrcDist.o ) [37 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Register ( Distribution/Simple/Register.hs, Distribution/Simple/Register.o ) [38 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Build.Macros ( Distribution/Simple/Build/Macros.hs, Distribution/Simple/Build/Macros.o ) [39 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Build.PathsModule ( Distribution/Simple/Build/PathsModule.hs, Distribution/Simple/Build/PathsModule.o ) [40 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Hugs ( Distribution/Simple/Hugs.hs, Distribution/Simple/Hugs.o ) [41 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.NHC ( Distribution/Simple/NHC.hs, Distribution/Simple/NHC.o ) [42 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.JHC ( Distribution/Simple/JHC.hs, Distribution/Simple/JHC.o ) [43 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC.IPI642 ( Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI642.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI642.o ) [44 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC.IPI641 ( Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI641.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI641.o ) [45 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC ( Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC.o ) [46 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Build ( Distribution/Simple/Build.hs, Distribution/Simple/Build.o ) [47 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Haddock ( Distribution/Simple/Haddock.hs, Distribution/Simple/Haddock.o ) [48 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Configure ( Distribution/Simple/Configure.hs, Distribution/Simple/Configure.o ) [49 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Install ( Distribution/Simple/Install.hs, Distribution/Simple/Install.o ) [50 of 51] Compiling Distribution.Simple ( Distribution/Simple.hs, Distribution/Simple.o ) [51 of 51] Compiling Main ( Setup.hs, Setup.o ) Linking Setup ... Configuring Cabal-1.6.0.2... Setup: failed to parse output of 'ghc-pkg dump' Error during cabal-install bootstrap: Configuring the Cabal package failed }}}",defect,closed,normal,,Cabal library,1.8.0.4,major,invalid,,,unknown,6.12.2,Linux