ghci -e panic "v_unsafeGlobalDynFlags: not initialised"

$ ./ghci -e '2 + 2'
ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 7.9.20141108 for x86_64-unknown-linux):
	ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 7.9.20141108 for x86_64-unknown-linux):
	v_unsafeGlobalDynFlags: not initialised

Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug


Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

The actual expression does not matter, using '' yields the same result.

This bug does is not present in 7.8.3. See also #9360 (closed) for a feature request concerning ghci -e.

Trac metadata

Trac field	Value
Version	7.9
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	GHCi
Test case
Differential revisions
BlockedBy
Related	#9360 (closed)
Blocking
CC	hvr
Operating system
Architecture