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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-02-03 14:04:05 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-02-03 14:04:05 -0400 |
| commit | 5a1c12f64b96ad0a2cd74959b0f94593f40ac46f (patch) | |
| tree | 986554f7734a00cd4f19528e296fcdf68bc7c6c7 | |
| parent | d29187b1518e5821a8367b74315442f8557d5617 (diff) | |
| parent | 3595abe1ca77c7942bcee420e9058b99b198708c (diff) | |
Merge remote branch 'branchable/master'
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/Problems_running_make_on_osx.mdwn | 28 |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Problems_running_make_on_osx.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Problems_running_make_on_osx.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..96626cc37 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Problems_running_make_on_osx.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Followed the instructions over here: http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/git-annex_on_OSX/ + +and had to install the following extra packages to be able to get make to start: + +[realizes pcre-light is needed but pcre not installed on my mac] +sudo port install pcre +sudo cabal install pcre-light +But then I got the following error: + +ghc -O2 -Wall --make git-annex +[ 7 of 52] Compiling BackendTypes ( BackendTypes.hs, BackendTypes.o + +BackendTypes.hs:71:17: + No instance for (Arbitrary Char) + arising from a use of `arbitrary' at BackendTypes.hs:71:17-25 + Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (Arbitrary Char) + In a stmt of a 'do' expression: backendname <- arbitrary + In the expression: + do backendname <- arbitrary + keyname <- arbitrary + return $ Key (backendname, keyname) + In the definition of `arbitrary': + arbitrary = do backendname <- arbitrary + keyname <- arbitrary + return $ Key (backendname, keyname) +make: *** [git-annex] Error 1 + +My knowledge of Haskell (had to lookup the spelling...) is more than rudimentary so any help would be appreciated. |