id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc
125	./configure fails on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, due to 'unknown package: haskell98' error	AndyL	duncan	"After using apt-get to install GHC version 6.12.1, I downloaded/untarred haskell-platform-2010.1.0.0.tar.gz and ran ./configure, which quickly failed with the message:

configure: error: Your installation of ghc does not appear to work.
  It cannot compile a simple program (see config.log for the details).
  If you installed ghc from a generic binary tarball then it is worth
  checking that you have the 'gmp' C library and header files installed.

(Note that I do have libgmp3-dev installed.)

Looking in config.log, it's the compilation of the ""Hello world"" proglet that is failing:

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configure:2456: /usr/bin/ghc -o conftest conftest.hs
<command line>: unknown package: haskell98
configure:2459: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
main = putStr ""Hello world!\n""
-- this file generated by TRY-COMPILE-GHC
end of failed program.
configure:2468: result: no
configure:2474: error: Your installation of ghc does not appear to work.


"	defect	closed	minor		Generic source tarball	wontfix