Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0 Release Candidate 2

[George Colpitts]

apologies, for lack of detail, the following was on a Mac running 10.9.4


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 8:45 AM, George Colpitts <george.colpitts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Installation worked fine. However I encountered a problem that looks like
> a regression, although it may be a problem with new versions of the package
> I am trying to install:
>
> cabal install -j3 glib
> Resolving dependencies...
> Configuring glib-0.12.5.4...
> Building glib-0.12.5.4...
> Failed to install glib-0.12.5.4
> Build log ( /Users/gcolpitts/.cabal/logs/glib-0.12.5.4.log ):
> [1 of 2] Compiling SetupWrapper     (
> /var/folders/9b/rh4y2gy92hgdb6ktv4df1jv00000gn/T/glib-0.12.5.4-27489/glib-0.12.5.4/SetupWrapper.hs,
> /var/folders/9b/rh4y2gy92hgdb6ktv4df1jv00000gn/T/glib-0.12.5.4-27489/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/SetupWrapper.o
> )
> [2 of 2] Compiling Main             (
> /var/folders/9b/rh4y2gy92hgdb6ktv4df1jv00000gn/T/glib-0.12.5.4-27489/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/setup.hs,
> /var/folders/9b/rh4y2gy92hgdb6ktv4df1jv00000gn/T/glib-0.12.5.4-27489/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/Main.o
> )
> Linking
> /var/folders/9b/rh4y2gy92hgdb6ktv4df1jv00000gn/T/glib-0.12.5.4-27489/glib-0.12.5.4/dist/setup/setup
> ...
> [1 of 2] Compiling Gtk2HsSetup      ( Gtk2HsSetup.hs,
> dist/setup-wrapper/Gtk2HsSetup.o )
> [2 of 2] Compiling Main             ( SetupMain.hs,
> dist/setup-wrapper/Main.o )
> Linking dist/setup-wrapper/setup ...
> Configuring glib-0.12.5.4...
> Building glib-0.12.5.4...
> Preprocessing library glib-0.12.5.4...
> gtk2hsC2hs: Error in C header file.
>
> /usr/include/dirent.h:147: (column 10) [FATAL]
>   >>> Syntax error!
>   The symbol `^' does not fit here.
>
> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
> glib-0.12.5.4 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
> ExitFailure 1
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> The long anticipated Haskell Platform 2014.2 release, including GHC
>> 7.8.3, and numerous updated packages, is almost here!
>>
>> We have created "Release Candidate 2" installers for OS X and Windows,
>> and believe, barring show stopper issues, creepers exploding, or other
>> bizarre phenomenon, these will likely be blessed as the final in a few days
>> time.
>>
>> If you would like to be an early adopter, please try 'em out...
>>
>>    - source tarball: haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-RC2.tar.gz
>>    <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-RC2.tar.gz>
>>    - source repo: haskell/haskell-platform at 2014.2.0.0-RC2
>>    <https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/tree/2014.2.0.0-RC2>
>>    - windows 32bit: hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-i386-RC2-setup.exe
>>    <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-i386-RC2-setup.exe>
>>    - windows 64bit:hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-x86_64-RC2-setup.exe
>>    <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-x86_64-RC2-setup.exe>
>>    - os x 64bit: Haskell Platform 2014.2.0.0 64bit RC2.signed.pkg
>>    <http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/platform/Haskell%20Platform%202014.2.0.0%2064bit%20RC2.signed.pkg>
>>    - travis-ci build: haskell/haskell-platform
>>    <https://travis-ci.org/haskell/haskell-platform>
>>
>>
>> *Notes for RC2, since RC1:*
>>
>> *Windows*
>>
>>  *Extra thanks to Randy Polen for burning the midnight-oil to get ths
>> out*
>>
>>
>>    - removed unneeded python (et al) files from the GHC bindist for
>>    64-bit Windows (referenced in GHC ticket #9014
>>    <https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9014>)
>>    - added HTML "view source" pages for the GHC packages that was
>>    missing from the GHC bindist for both 32- and 64-bit Windows.
>>
>> *Mac OS X*
>>
>> *If you installed RC1, you can remove first with the command  *sudo
>> uninstall-hs only 7.8.3 --remove
>>
>> *Run it without *--remove* to see what it will do before running, it if
>> you like. In theory you can just install this one right on top of RC1....
>> but hasn't been tested.*
>>
>>
>>    - file layout on the Mac... improved slightly (again). In particular,
>>    executables are now installed directly in $prefix/bin dirs, rather than
>>    within the package dir
>>    - fix the bug with haddock master index not being updated correctly
>>    - works on 10.6! (and 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9) with gcc or clang based
>>    Xcodes
>>    - works on 10.10!!! (Yosemite, developer preview 4 release)
>>
>> *Source tarball*
>>
>>    - missing sources in hptool now present
>>    - platform.sh improved somewhat (in particular, handles host cabal
>>    being pre-sandbox)
>>
>> *Timetable*
>>
>>    - These can "soak" amongst the intreped on these lists for a few
>>    hours.
>>    - On Monday evening (PST) I'll announce to haskell-cafe and reddit
>>    - End of next week (from my vacation, I'll point out), we'll declare
>>    success and ship.
>>
>> — Mark
>>
>> *SHA-256 sums:*
>> 62f39246ad95dd2aed6ece5138f6297f945d2b450f215d074820294310e0c48a  Haskell
>> Platform 2014.2.0.0 64bit RC2.signed.pkg
>> 7c7d3585e89e1407461efea29dcaa9628c3be3c47d93a13b5a4978046375e4fd
>>  haskell-platform-2014.2.0.0-RC2.tar.gz
>> 6eedd76aafb266d9a09baff80cd2973498ab59195c771f7cd64425d40be29c49
>>  hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-i386-RC2-setup.exe
>> b22115ed84d1f7e747d7f0b47e32e1489e4a24613d69c91df4ae32052f88b130
>>  hskellPlatform-2014.2.0.0-x86_64-RC2-setup.exe
>>
>>
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