ghc @6.10.1 is not installing from MacPorts on PowerPC Leopard 10.5.6

[mokeefe8@…]

Hello All:

I'm getting the following when trying to install ghc 6.10.1 via macports. I've attached the full error to a separate file but below is the actual error message:

cabal-bin: ./filepath.cabal has been changed, please re-configure.
make[1]: *** [bootstrapping.conf] Error 1
make: *** [stage1] Error 2

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

[mokeefe8@…]

error message from macports

[mokeefe8@…]

Note, as a potential work-around, I attempted to install the binaries from the ​http://www.haskell.org/ghc directory for Leopard PPC (the binary from Michael Witten). The ghc binaries install fine but when I try to subsequently install cabal-install I get this error message (after trying to run ./bootstrap.sh). Seems like this error and the port install error might be related...

cabal-install-0.6.2 $ ./bootstrap.sh 
Checking installed packages for ghc-6.10.1...
parsec is already installed and the version is ok.
network is already installed and the version is ok.
Cabal is already installed and the version is ok.
HTTP-4000.0.4 will be downloaded and installed.
zlib-0.5.0.0 will be downloaded and installed.

Downloading HTTP-4000.0.4...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  2 44063    2  1101    0     0   5732      0  0:00:07 --:--:--  0:00:07  42 44063   42 18885    0     0  33279      0  0:00:01 --:--:--  0:00:01 100 44063  100 44063    0     0  63857      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 86269
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Setup.lhs, Setup.o )
Linking Setup ...
Configuring HTTP-4000.0.4...
Setup: ./HTTP.cabal has been changed, please re-configure.

Error during cabal-install bootstrap:
Building the HTTP package failed

[mokeefe8@…]

Sorry for all of these posts. As an update, I was able to get GHC-6.10.1 installed by using the GHC-6.8.2 binaries (GHC-6.8.3 had even worse problems during compile, yielding a Segmentation fault). I tried to document what happened to successfully install at this blog entry: ​http://fp.okeefecreations.com/2009/03/huzzah-haskell-ghc-6101-is-re-installed.html

Note, I'm still not sure what may be wrong with the MacPorts install but it may have something to do with the GHC-6.10.1 binaries (or maybe there's something wrong with my computer??? Hmmm... but everything else seemed to build fine... not sure). Anyway, I've sent an e-mail to the person mentioned at the www.haskell.org/ghc site for the community build for PPC.

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Milestone Port Bugs deleted

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Don't forget WikiFormatting. :)

FYI, ghc in MacPorts has been updated to 6.10.2, which may work better (or worse) for you.

[gwright@…]

On Leopard/ppc it is important to use the latest Xcode, otherwise you may get segfaults.

I'll keep this ticket open for a few days but I believe this trouble was fixed in 6.10.2.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

ghc has been updated to 6.10.4. Can you check if that version now installs for you?

[mokeefe8@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

ghc has been updated to 6.10.4. Can you check if that version now installs for you?

Sorry, I no longer have a PowerPC (on Intel now). I ended up manually installing ghc 6.8 and built up the versions to 6.10.2 when I sold the PowerPC. Thanks

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Closing as per comment:6.