Validate fails

[Simon Marlow]

Claus Reinke wrote:
>> Unexpected failures:
>>    ghci024(ghci)
>>    num009(normal)
> 
> on ghci024:
> the issue is that 'rts' is the only package not appearing in the output
> of 'ghci -package ghc'. originally, the test tacked it on to the 
> packagelist
> where it would be expected to appear in the output of ':show packages'.
> 
> now, there are more "internal" packages ('integer','ghc-prim'), and
> 'rts' would have to be inserted at the right place (after 'base'?) instead
> of added to the end (packagelist += ['rts']).
> 
> it would be better to get rid of the inconsistency, though:
> either have 'rts' appear in the output of 'ghci -package ghc'
> or drop 'rts' from the output of ':show packages'.
> 
> since the whole idea of having an 'rts' package would seem to have it 
> behave as closely to other packages as possible, the first option is 
> probably the one intended?

I hacked ghci024 to work, by having GHCi sort the output of :show packages, 
and fixing ghci024.py to match.  Please shout if I've done something bogus.

Cheers,
	Simon


> 
> claus
> 
>> In any case, I have no idea what happened to num009. ghci024 fails with:
>>
>> --- ./ghci/scripts/ghci024.stdout.normalised 2008-05-20 
>> 14:42:34.000000000 +1000
>> +++ ./ghci/scripts/ghci024.run.stdout.normalised 2008-05-20 
>> 14:42:34.000000000 +1000
>> @@ -97,9 +97,9 @@
>>  active package flags: none
>>  packages currently loaded:
>>    base
>> +  rts
>>    integer
>>    ghc-prim
>> -  rts
>>  -- :set -package ghc
>>  active package flags:
>>    -package ghc
>> @@ -123,6 +123,6 @@
>>    containers-0.1
>>    array-0.1
>>    base
>> +  rts
>>    integer
>>    ghc-prim
>> -  rts
>>
>> Fixing the first diff is trivial but the second one is harder. Perhaps 
>> the package lists should be sorted before comparing? Or is the order 
>> important and this is actually bad?
>>
>> Roman
>>
>>
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