[haskell-platform] #84: generic source hp does not build with generic linux binary ghc

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#84: generic source hp does not build with generic linux binary ghc
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 Reporter:  martin.k.tang at gmail.com  |       Owner:  duncan
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new   
 Priority:  major                    |   Milestone:        
Component:  Generic source tarball   |    Keywords:        
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 I downloaded the following:
  - http://haskell.org/ghc/dist/6.10.4/ghc-6.10.4-i386-unknown-
 linux-n.tar.bz2
  - http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/2009.2.0.2/haskell-
 platform-2009.2.0.2.tar.gz

 The ghc generic linux binary comes with libraries that are also included
 in the haskell platform.

 On make, the platform script will happily report that:
 {{{
   Platform package x is already installed. Skipping...
 }}}

 On make install, the platform script will unhappily report that:
 {{{
   Error:
   The x/Setup script does not exist or cannot be run
   make: *** [install] Error 2
 }}}

 I've worked around it by commenting out the part in build.sh that skips
 packages if they're already installed, but I assume that's not The Right
 Thing to do.

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