Skip to content

Hadrian-built GHC cannot locate `unlit`

When trying to compile a Literate Haskell source with a Hadrian-built GHC, compilation fails due to GHC not finding the unlit binary.

How to reproduce:

  • Compile GHC using the default Hadrian build.sh script
  • Create a minimal LHS file, e.g. echo '> main = return ()' > test.lhs
  • Compile the LHS file with the in-place GHC: $GHC_SRC_TREE/_build/stage1/bin/ghc test.lhs

This fails with something like:

ghc: could not execute: $GHC_SRC_TREE/_build/stage1/lib/bin/unlit

However, the unlit binary is in $GHC_SRC_TREE/_build/stage1/bin/unlit. Considering how make-built GHC works fine, this seems to be a misconfiguration in the Hadrian build system.

Trac metadata
Trac field Value
Version
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Build System
Test case
Differential revisions
BlockedBy
Related
Blocking
CC
Operating system
Architecture
To upload designs, you'll need to enable LFS and have an admin enable hashed storage. More information