windows head build problems: Setup.exe: error reading dist\setup-config;

[Claus Reinke]

>> Setup.exe: ghc version >=6.2 is required but the version of
>> ..\..\compiler\stage1\ghc-inplace could not be determined.
>
> What do
>    compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace -v --version
>    compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace -v --numeric-version
> say?

    $ compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace -v --version
    Using c:/fptools/ghc/compiler/stage1/ghc.exe -Bc:/fptools/ghc -fhardwire-lib-paths
    The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.7.20070824

    $ compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace -v --numeric-version
    Using c:/fptools/ghc/compiler/stage1/ghc.exe -Bc:/fptools/ghc -fhardwire-lib-paths
    6.7.20070824

> Adding -v3 to the "setup/Setup configure ..." command giving the error
> might also shed some light.

not much info, but apparently empty output for version number (see end
of this mail). note that there are no fewer than three versions of ghc-inplace:

    $ ls compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace*
    compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace  compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace.bat  compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace.exe

    $ compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace -v --numeric-version
    Using c:/fptools/ghc/compiler/stage1/ghc.exe -Bc:/fptools/ghc -fhardwire-lib-paths
    6.7.20070824

    $ compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace.bat -v --numeric-version
    6.7.20070824

    $ compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace.exe -v --numeric-version
    Using c:/fptools/ghc/compiler/stage1/ghc.exe -Bc:/fptools/ghc -fhardwire-lib-paths
    6.7.20070824

    $ cat compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace
    #!/bin/sh
    exec c:/fptools/ghc/compiler/stage1/ghc -Bc:\\\\fptools\\\\ghc "$@"

    $ cat compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace.bat
    @call c:\\fptools\\ghc\compiler\stage1\ghc -Bc:\\fptools\\ghc %*

all three report the same if called from a cygwin bash, but the path
passed to setup/Setup indicates the shell script, not the .exe. that
relies on runProcess picking up the shell from the calling environment,
doesn't it?

claus

------------------- make log, with -v3 added
make -C libraries all
make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/fptools/ghc/libraries'
rm -f -f stamp/configure.library.*.base base/unbuildable
( cd base && setup/Setup configure -v3 \
            --enable-library-profiling \
           --prefix='$topdir' \
           --datadir='$prefix' \
           --datasubdir='.' \
           --libsubdir='$pkgid' \
           --with-compiler=../../compiler/stage1/ghc-inplace\
           --with-hc-pkg=../../utils/ghc-pkg/ghc-pkg-inplace\
           --with-hsc2hs=../../utils/hsc2hs/hsc2hs-inplace \
           --with-ld=c:/MinGW/bin/ld \
           --haddock-args="--use-contents=../index.html \
                           --use-index=../doc-index.html" \
              --configure-option='--host=i386-unknown-mingw32'  --configure-option='--with-gcc=c:/MinGW/bin/gcc' 
  --configure-option='host_alias=i386-unknown-mingw32' \
           --configure-option=--with-cc=c:/MinGW/bin/gcc ) \
      && touch stamp/configure.library.build-profiling.base || touch base/unbuildable
Setup.exe: Warning: Unknown fields: nhc98-options (line 168),

                extra-tmp-files (line 169)

Fields allowed in this section:

    buildable, cc-options, ld-options, frameworks, c-sources,

    extensions, extra-libraries, extra-lib-dirs, includes,

    install-includes, include-dirs, hs-source-dirs, other-modules,

    ghc-prof-options, ghc-options, hugs-options, nhc-options,
    jhc-options, exposed-modules

Setup.exe: Warning: A package using section syntax should require

"Cabal-Version: >= 1.2" or equivalent.

Configuring base-2.1...

..\..\compiler\stage1\ghc-inplace --numeric-version

cannot determine version of ..\..\compiler\stage1\ghc-inplace :

""

Setup.exe: ghc version >=6.2 is required but the version of ..\..\compiler\stage1\ghc-inplace could 
not be determined.

rm -f base/GNUmakefile
cp Makefile.local base
if ifBuildable/ifBuildable base; then \
   cd base && setup/Setup makefile -f GNUmakefile; \
fi
Setup.exe: error reading dist\setup-config; run "setup configure" command?



make[1]: *** [base/GNUmakefile] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/fptools/ghc/libraries'
make: *** [stage1] Error 2