GHC 8.0 can't be bootstrapped with GHC 8.0
It seems that GHC 8.0 can't bootstrap itself. With a clean ghc-8.0 tree and ghc from the 8.0.1-rc2 release in PATH on x86-64 Debian things fall apart quite quickly,
$ ghc -V
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.0.0.20160204
$ ./boot
$ ./configure
$ make -j2
+ test -f mk/config.mk.old
+ cmp -s mk/config.mk mk/config.mk.old
+ cp -p mk/config.mk mk/config.mk.old
touch -r mk/config.mk.old mk/config.mk
+ test -f mk/project.mk.old
+ cmp -s mk/project.mk mk/project.mk.old
touch -r mk/project.mk.old mk/project.mk
+ test -f compiler/ghc.cabal.old
+ cmp -s compiler/ghc.cabal compiler/ghc.cabal.old
touch -r compiler/ghc.cabal.old compiler/ghc.cabal
===--- building phase 0
make --no-print-directory -f ghc.mk phase=0 phase_0_builds
"rm" -f compiler/stage1/build/Config.hs
"inplace/bin/ghc-cabal" configure libraries/ghc-boot dist-boot "" --with-ghc="/opt/exp/ghc/roots/8.0.1-rc2/bin/ghc" --with-ghc-pkg="/opt/exp/ghc/roots/8.0.1-rc2/bin/ghc-pkg" --package-db=/opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf --disable-library-for-ghci --enable-library-vanilla --disable-library-profiling --disable-shared --with-hscolour="/home/ben/.cabal/bin/HsColour" --configure-option=CFLAGS="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -Werror=unused-but-set-variable -Wno-error=inline" --configure-option=LDFLAGS=" " --configure-option=CPPFLAGS=" " --gcc-options="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -Werror=unused-but-set-variable -Wno-error=inline " --constraint "binary == 0.8.2.0" --constraint "Cabal == 1.23.1.0" --constraint "hpc == 0.6.0.3" --constraint "ghc-boot == 8.0.0.20160211" --constraint "hoopl == 3.10.2.1" --constraint "transformers == 0.5.1.0" --constraint "template-haskell == 2.11.0.0" --constraint "terminfo == 0.4.0.2" --with-gcc="/usr/bin/gcc" --with-ar="/usr/bin/ar" --with-alex="/home/ben/.cabal/bin/alex" --with-happy="/home/ben/.cabal/bin/happy"
Creating compiler/stage1/build/Config.hs ...
Configuring ghc-boot-8.0.0.20160211...
done.
ghc-cabal: ghc-pkg dump failed
libraries/ghc-boot/ghc.mk:3: recipe for target 'libraries/ghc-boot/dist-boot/package-data.mk' failed
make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-boot/dist-boot/package-data.mk] Error 1
Makefile:129: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2In particular the failing command is
$ /opt/exp/ghc/roots/8.0.1-rc2/bin/ghc-pkg dump --package-db=/opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf -v2
GHC package manager version 8.0.0.20160204
Timestamp 2016-02-12 09:21:06.076187903 UTC for /opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf/package.cache
Timestamp 2016-02-12 09:21:06.076187903 UTC for /opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf (same as cache)
using cache: /opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf/package.cache
ghc-pkg: /opt/exp/ghc/ghc-8.0/libraries/bootstrapping.conf/package.cache: GHC.PackageDb.readPackageDb: inappropriate type (Not a valid Unicode code point!)Trac metadata
| Trac field | Value |
|---|---|
| Version | 7.10.3 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | highest |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Build System |
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| CC | ezyang |
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