`make sdist-ghc` broken

I noticed this because it resulted in the PPA builds of GHC HEAD failing; I was able to hunt this down to bdd2d286 which updated libraries/Cabal;

Basically, the following invocation (where ghc/alex/happy/etc. can only be found in /opt/ghc-stage0-toolchain/bin, and nowhere else; so this relies on configure to capture their absolute locations; however, this is not what causes the failure below)

./boot

PATH=/opt/ghc-stage0-toolchain/bin:$PATH ./configure

make sdist-ghc

results in

...
test ! -d testsuite || make -C testsuite distclean
"rm" -rf sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/libraries/tarballs/  
"rm" -rf sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/libraries/stamp/  
"rm" -rf sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/stage[123]  
"rm" -f sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/mk/build.mk  
for i in parallel random primitive vector dph; do rm -rf sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/libraries/$i/; done
cd sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109 && "/usr/bin/find" mk rules docs distrib bindisttest libffi includes utils docs rts compiler ghc driver libraries libffi-tarballs iserv \( -name .git -o -name "autom4te*" -o -name "*~" -o -name "\#*" -o -name ".\#*" -o -name "log" -o -name "*-SAVE" -o -name "*.orig" -o -name "*.rej" \) -print | "xargs"  "rm" -rf
"cp" compiler/stage2/build/CmmLex.hs sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/cmm
mv sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/cmm/CmmLex.x sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/cmm/CmmLex.x.source
"/opt/ghc-stage0-toolchain/bin/happy"  -agc --strict    compiler/cmm/CmmParse.y -o compiler/stage2/build/CmmParse.hs
"cp" compiler/stage2/build/CmmParse.hs sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/cmm
mv sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/cmm/CmmParse.y sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/cmm/CmmParse.y.source
"/opt/ghc-stage0-toolchain/bin/alex"  -g --latin1   compiler/parser/Lexer.x -o compiler/stage2/build/Lexer.hs
"cp" compiler/stage2/build/Lexer.hs sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/parser
mv sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/parser/Lexer.x sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/parser/Lexer.x.source
"/opt/ghc-stage0-toolchain/bin/happy"  -agc --strict    compiler/parser/Parser.y -o compiler/stage2/build/Parser.hs
"cp" compiler/stage2/build/Parser.hs sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/parser
mv sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/parser/Parser.y sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/compiler/parser/Parser.y.source
"inplace/bin/mkdirhier" utils/hpc/dist-install/build//.
"/opt/ghc-stage0-toolchain/bin/happy"  -agc --strict    utils/hpc/./HpcParser.y -o utils/hpc/dist-install/build/HpcParser.hs
unused terminals: 1
"cp" utils/hpc/dist-install/build/HpcParser.hs sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/utils/hpc/
mv sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/utils/hpc//HpcParser.y sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/utils/hpc//HpcParser.y.source
"inplace/bin/mkdirhier" utils/genprimopcode/dist/build//.
"/opt/ghc-stage0-toolchain/bin/alex"  -g    utils/genprimopcode/./Lexer.x -o utils/genprimopcode/dist/build/Lexer.hs
"cp" utils/genprimopcode/dist/build/Lexer.hs sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/utils/genprimopcode/
mv sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/utils/genprimopcode//Lexer.x sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/utils/genprimopcode//Lexer.x.source
"/opt/ghc-stage0-toolchain/bin/happy"  -agc --strict    utils/genprimopcode/./Parser.y -o utils/genprimopcode/dist/build/Parser.hs
"cp" utils/genprimopcode/dist/build/Parser.hs sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/utils/genprimopcode/
mv sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/utils/genprimopcode//Parser.y sdistprep/ghc/ghc-8.3.20171109/utils/genprimopcode//Parser.y.source
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'libraries/Cabal/Cabal/dist-install/build/Distribution/Parsec/Lexer.hs', needed by 'sdist_libraries/Cabal/Cabal_dist-install_Lexer'.  Stop.
Makefile:161: recipe for target 'sdist-ghc' failed
make: *** [sdist-ghc] Error 2

Trac metadata

Trac field	Value
Version	8.3
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	high
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Build System
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