Closed talex5 closed 2 years ago
In https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/10867, OCaml removed a load of deprecated functions. This prevents ocamlfind from installing:
#=== ERROR while compiling ocamlfind.1.9.1 ====================================# # context 2.1.0 | linux/x86_64 | ocaml-variants.5.00.0+trunk | https://opam.ocaml.org#ffd4aedc # path ~/.opam/5.00.0+trunk/.opam-switch/build/ocamlfind.1.9.1 # command ~/.opam/opam-init/hooks/sandbox.sh build make all # exit-code 2 # env-file ~/.opam/log/ocamlfind-93913-b17e9e.env # output-file ~/.opam/log/ocamlfind-93913-b17e9e.out ### output ### # [...] # ocamlc -I +compiler-libs -opaque -g -c frontend.ml # File "frontend.ml", line 859, characters 10-39: # 859 | Fl_package_base.package_users predicates1 packages1 # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ # Warning 6 [labels-omitted]: label preds was omitted in the application of this function. # File "frontend.ml", line 1826, characters 16-29: # 1826 | let buf = String.create buflen in (* FIXME: Bytes.create *) # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ # Error: Unbound value String.create # make[1]: *** [Makefile:165: frontend.cmo] Error 2 # make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/.opam/5.00.0+trunk/.opam-switch/build/ocamlfind.1.9.1/src/findlib' # make: *** [Makefile:14: all] Error 2
Applying the fix in the comment does indeed fix it.
Oh yes. Where is the fix?
The comment says (* FIXME: Bytes.create *), and that worked for me.
(* FIXME: Bytes.create *)
Ok, here is a proper PR: #30. It would be nice if this could get a bit of testing.
In https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/10867, OCaml removed a load of deprecated functions. This prevents ocamlfind from installing:
Applying the fix in the comment does indeed fix it.