GHC panics when configuring base
$ wget http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/base/4.0.0.0/base-4.0.0.0.tar.gz
--2009-02-19 19:54:31-- http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/base/4.0.0.0/base-4.0.0.0.tar.gz
Resolving hackage.haskell.org... 69.30.63.197
Connecting to hackage.haskell.org|69.30.63.197|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 409339 (400K) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `base-4.0.0.0.tar.gz'
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2009-02-19 19:54:37 (71.8 KB/s) - `base-4.0.0.0.tar.gz' saved [409339/409339]
$ tar zxf base-4.0.0.0.tar.gz
$ cd base-4.0.0.0
$ runhaskell Setup.hs configure
<interactive>:1:22:
attempting to use module `System.IO' (System/IO.hs) which is not loaded
<interactive>:1:22: Not in scope: `System.IO.stderr'
<interactive>:1:22: Not in scope: `System.IO.stdin'
ghc-6.8.2: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
(GHC version 6.8.2 for i386-unknown-linux):
interactiveUI:setBuffering
Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
I am using Ubuntu 8.10 Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686.
I am having trouble using cabal-install, and my real problem may lie there, but I thought I should report this anyway.
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Trac field | Value |
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Version | 6.8.2 |
Type | Bug |
TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
Priority | normal |
Resolution | Unresolved |
Component | Compiler |
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