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Contributed modules for xmonad
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Fails to compile with GHC 8.4.3/8.4.2 #268

Closed mosteli closed 5 years ago

mosteli commented 6 years ago

Problem Description

I'm trying to get Xmonad set up with a configuration file but I can't get it to compile. I realize it is X11-xft that is failing, but that package seems dormant so I'm posting here.

Configuration File

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cabal install . --with-ghc=ghc-8.4.2 Resolving dependencies... Configuring X11-xft-0.3.1... Building X11-xft-0.3.1... Failed to install X11-xft-0.3.1 Build log ( /home/emost/.cabal/logs/X11-xft-0.3.1.log ): Configuring X11-xft-0.3.1... Preprocessing library for X11-xft-0.3.1.. Building library for X11-xft-0.3.1.. [1 of 2] Compiling Graphics.X11.Xrender ( dist/build/Graphics/X11/Xrender.hs, dist/build/Graphics/X11/Xrender.o )

Graphics/X11/Xrender.hsc:23:1: warning: [-Wtabs] Tab character found here, and in 95 further locations. Please use spaces instead. | 23 | v <- peekByteOff ptr (fromIntegral off) | ^^^^^^^^ [2 of 2] Compiling Graphics.X11.Xft ( dist/build/Graphics/X11/Xft.hs, dist/build/Graphics/X11/Xft.o )

Graphics/X11/Xft.hsc:10:1: warning: [-Wtabs] Tab character found here, and in 143 further locations. Please use spaces instead. | 10 | , xftcolor_pixel | ^^^^^^^^ cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: X11-xft-0.3.1 failed during the final install step. The exception was: user error (Couldn't parse the output of 'setup register --gen-pkg-config':NoParse "license" 5) xmonad-contrib-0.13 depends on X11-xft-0.3.1 which failed to install.

colonelpanic8 commented 6 years ago

Just to double check, you are using a version of xmonad that includes https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib/pull/236, correct?

If you are building from 0.13 then this is a known issue, and has already been fixed.

mosteli commented 6 years ago

Yes, I used the version including #236. I'm new to Cabal so that could be part of the issue. I couldn't get either xmonad or xmonad-contrib to compile from the latest respective repo cloned from GitHub.

aakropotkin commented 5 years ago

I have gotten xmonad, xmonad-contrib, and xmonad-extras to install with ghc-8.6.2 (cabal install xmonad-contrib --flags="-use-xft") Which is running perfectly. However, xmobar fails to install because of this exact error. (license 5 on X11-xft)

Let me know if y'all found a solution.

colonelpanic8 commented 5 years ago

This should be closed, contrib and xmonad both compile with these and newer ghc.