Can't bootstrap GHC HEAD with GHC 8.6 on Windows
Attempting to bootstrap GHC HEAD with GHC 8.6 on Windows fails shortly after starting the build with
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Configuring hsc2hs-0.68.4.1...
"inplace/bin/ghc-cabal.exe" configure utils/gen-dll dist --with-ghc="/home/ben/ghc-8.6.3-amd64/bin/ghc.exe" --with-ghc-pkg="/home/ben/ghc-8.6.3-amd64/bin/ghc-pkg" --packag
e-db=C:/msys64/home/ben/ghc/libraries/bootstrapping.conf --disable-library-for-ghci --disable-library-vanilla --disable-library-profiling --disable-shared --configure-optio
n=CFLAGS="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -Wno-error=inline" --configure-option=LDFLAGS=" " --configure-option=CPPFLAGS=" " --gcc-options="-Wall -fno-stack-protector -W
no-error=inline " --constraint "binary == 0.8.6.0" --constraint "text == 1.2.3.1" --constraint "transformers == 0.5.5.0" --constraint "mtl == 2.2.2" --constrain
t "parsec == 3.1.13.0" --constraint "Cabal == 2.5.0.0" --constraint "hpc == 0.6.0.3" --constraint "ghc-boot-th == 8.7" --constraint "ghc-boot == 8.7" --constraint
"template-haskell == 2.15.0.0" --constraint "ghc-heap == 8.7" --constraint "ghci == 8.7" --with-gcc="C:\\msys64\\home\\ben\\ghc-8.6.3-amd64\\lib\\../mingw/bin/gcc.exe"
--with-ld="C:\\msys64\\home\\ben\\ghc-8.6.3-amd64\\lib\\../mingw/bin/ld.exe" --with-ar="C:\\msys64\\home\\ben\\ghc-8.6.3-amd64\\lib\\../mingw/bin/ar.exe" --with-alex="\Use
rs\ben\AppData\Roaming/cabal/bin/alex" --with-happy="\Users\ben\AppData\Roaming/cabal/bin/happy"
Configuring gen-dll-0.1...
ghc-cabal.exe: Encountered missing dependencies:
containers ==0.5.*
make[1]: *** [utils/gen-dll/ghc.mk:19: utils/gen-dll/dist/package-data.mk] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:124: all] Error 2
Given that the build succeeds when bootstrapping with GHC 8.4, I suspect that this is a regression in the Cabal released with 8.6.
Trac metadata
| Trac field | Value |
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| Version | 8.6.2 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | highest |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler |
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