Cabal fails to build because the dependency specification contains entries like "<3" which are evaluated to false. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge dev-haskell/cabal Actual Results: Calculating dependencies ... done! >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0 * Cabal-1.14.0.tar.gz SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking Cabal-1.14.0.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/work/Cabal-1.14.0 ... >>> Source prepared. >>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/work/Cabal-1.14.0 ... * Bootstrapping Cabal... [ 1 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Compat.Exception ( Distribution/Compat/Exception.hs, Distribution/Compat/Exception.o ) [ 2 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Compat.TempFile ( Distribution/Compat/TempFile.hs, Distribution/Compat/TempFile.o ) [ 3 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Compat.CopyFile ( Distribution/Compat/CopyFile.hs, Distribution/Compat/CopyFile.o ) [ 4 of 64] Compiling Distribution.GetOpt ( Distribution/GetOpt.hs, Distribution/GetOpt.o ) [ 5 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Compat.ReadP ( Distribution/Compat/ReadP.hs, Distribution/Compat/ReadP.o ) [ 6 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Text ( Distribution/Text.hs, Distribution/Text.o ) [ 7 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Version ( Distribution/Version.hs, Distribution/Version.o ) [ 8 of 64] Compiling Language.Haskell.Extension ( Language/Haskell/Extension.hs, Language/Haskell/Extension.o ) [ 9 of 64] Compiling Distribution.TestSuite ( Distribution/TestSuite.hs, Distribution/TestSuite.o ) [10 of 64] Compiling Distribution.System ( Distribution/System.hs, Distribution/System.o ) [11 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.PreProcess.Unlit ( Distribution/Simple/PreProcess/Unlit.hs, Distribution/Simple/PreProcess/Unlit.o ) [12 of 64] Compiling Distribution.ReadE ( Distribution/ReadE.hs, Distribution/ReadE.o ) [13 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Verbosity ( Distribution/Verbosity.hs, Distribution/Verbosity.o ) [14 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Package ( Distribution/Package.hs, Distribution/Package.o ) [15 of 64] Compiling Distribution.ModuleName ( Distribution/ModuleName.hs, Distribution/ModuleName.o ) [16 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Utils ( Distribution/Simple/Utils.hs, Distribution/Simple/Utils.o ) [17 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program.Types ( Distribution/Simple/Program/Types.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program/Types.o ) [18 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program.Builtin ( Distribution/Simple/Program/Builtin.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program/Builtin.o ) [19 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program.Db ( Distribution/Simple/Program/Db.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program/Db.o ) [20 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program.Run ( Distribution/Simple/Program/Run.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program/Run.o ) [21 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program ( Distribution/Simple/Program.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program.o ) [22 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program.Ar ( Distribution/Simple/Program/Ar.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program/Ar.o ) [23 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program.Hpc ( Distribution/Simple/Program/Hpc.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program/Hpc.o ) [24 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program.Ld ( Distribution/Simple/Program/Ld.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program/Ld.o ) [25 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program.Script ( Distribution/Simple/Program/Script.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program/Script.o ) [26 of 64] Compiling Distribution.License ( Distribution/License.hs, Distribution/License.o ) [27 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Compiler ( Distribution/Compiler.hs, Distribution/Compiler.o ) [28 of 64] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription ( Distribution/PackageDescription.hs, Distribution/PackageDescription.o ) [29 of 64] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Configuration ( Distribution/PackageDescription/Configuration.hs, Distribution/PackageDescription/Configuration.o ) [30 of 64] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Check ( Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.hs, Distribution/PackageDescription/Check.o ) [31 of 64] Compiling Distribution.ParseUtils ( Distribution/ParseUtils.hs, Distribution/ParseUtils.o ) [32 of 64] Compiling Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo ( Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.hs, Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.o ) [33 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.PackageIndex ( Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.hs, Distribution/Simple/PackageIndex.o ) [34 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC.IPI642 ( Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI642.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI642.o ) [35 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC.IPI641 ( Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI641.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC/IPI641.o ) [36 of 64] Compiling Distribution.PackageDescription.Parse ( Distribution/PackageDescription/Parse.hs, Distribution/PackageDescription/Parse.o ) [37 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Command ( Distribution/Simple/Command.hs, Distribution/Simple/Command.o ) [38 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Compiler ( Distribution/Simple/Compiler.hs, Distribution/Simple/Compiler.o ) [39 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Program.HcPkg ( Distribution/Simple/Program/HcPkg.hs, Distribution/Simple/Program/HcPkg.o ) [40 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.InstallDirs ( Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.hs, Distribution/Simple/InstallDirs.o ) [41 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Setup ( Distribution/Simple/Setup.hs, Distribution/Simple/Setup.o ) [42 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.LocalBuildInfo ( Distribution/Simple/LocalBuildInfo.hs, Distribution/Simple/LocalBuildInfo.o ) [43 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Build.Macros ( Distribution/Simple/Build/Macros.hs, Distribution/Simple/Build/Macros.o ) [44 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.BuildPaths ( Distribution/Simple/BuildPaths.hs, Distribution/Simple/BuildPaths.o ) [45 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Build.PathsModule ( Distribution/Simple/Build/PathsModule.hs, Distribution/Simple/Build/PathsModule.o ) [46 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.GHC ( Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs, Distribution/Simple/GHC.o ) [47 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.LHC ( Distribution/Simple/LHC.hs, Distribution/Simple/LHC.o ) [48 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Hpc ( Distribution/Simple/Hpc.hs, Distribution/Simple/Hpc.o ) [49 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.JHC ( Distribution/Simple/JHC.hs, Distribution/Simple/JHC.o ) [50 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.NHC ( Distribution/Simple/NHC.hs, Distribution/Simple/NHC.o ) [51 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.UHC ( Distribution/Simple/UHC.hs, Distribution/Simple/UHC.o ) [52 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Test ( Distribution/Simple/Test.hs, Distribution/Simple/Test.o ) [53 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.PreProcess ( Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.hs, Distribution/Simple/PreProcess.o ) [54 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Hugs ( Distribution/Simple/Hugs.hs, Distribution/Simple/Hugs.o ) [55 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Configure ( Distribution/Simple/Configure.hs, Distribution/Simple/Configure.o ) [56 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Install ( Distribution/Simple/Install.hs, Distribution/Simple/Install.o ) [57 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Register ( Distribution/Simple/Register.hs, Distribution/Simple/Register.o ) [58 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Build ( Distribution/Simple/Build.hs, Distribution/Simple/Build.o ) [59 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Haddock ( Distribution/Simple/Haddock.hs, Distribution/Simple/Haddock.o ) [60 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.SrcDist ( Distribution/Simple/SrcDist.hs, Distribution/Simple/SrcDist.o ) [61 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.UserHooks ( Distribution/Simple/UserHooks.hs, Distribution/Simple/UserHooks.o ) [62 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple.Bench ( Distribution/Simple/Bench.hs, Distribution/Simple/Bench.o ) [63 of 64] Compiling Distribution.Simple ( Distribution/Simple.hs, Distribution/Simple.o ) [64 of 64] Compiling Main ( Setup.hs, Setup.o ) Linking setup ... ./setup configure --ghc --prefix=/usr --with-compiler=/usr/bin/ghc --with-hc-pkg=/usr/bin/ghc-pkg --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libsubdir=cabal-1.14.0/ghc-7.6.2 --datadir=/usr/share/ --datasubdir=cabal-1.14.0/ghc-7.6.2 --ghc-option=-optl-Wl,-O1 --ghc-option=-optl-Wl,--as-needed --disable-executable-stripping --docdir=/usr/share/doc/cabal-1.14.0 --verbose --enable-shared Configuring Cabal-1.14.0... setup: At least the following dependencies are missing: base >=4 && <3 && >=2 && <5, unix >=2.0 && <2.6 * ERROR: dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0 failed (configure phase): * setup configure failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_configure * environment, line 2689: Called cabal-configure * environment, line 489: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * ./setup "$@" || die "setup configure failed" * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/work/Cabal-1.14.0' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/work/Cabal-1.14.0' >>> Failed to emerge dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0, Log file: >>> '/var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/temp/build.log' * Messages for package dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0: * ERROR: dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0 failed (configure phase): * setup configure failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 93: Called src_configure * environment, line 2689: Called cabal-configure * environment, line 489: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * ./setup "$@" || die "setup configure failed" * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/work/Cabal-1.14.0' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-haskell/cabal-1.14.0/work/Cabal-1.14.0' Expected Results: A successful emerge of cabal. I'm using ghc 7.6.2 Portage 2.1.11.50 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.6.11-gentoo-fbcon x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.6.11-gentoo-fbcon-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-3610QM_CPU_@_2.30GHz-with-gentoo-2.1 KiB Mem: 7896368 total, 306420 free KiB Swap: 0 total, 0 free Timestamp of tree: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:15:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p37 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.9 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6-r1, 1.9.6-r3, 1.11.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.6 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r3 Repositories: gentoo java-overlay flora sunrise rebutia last-hope hasufell steam-overlay local ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="${EPREFIX}/etc/gconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-j3" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms splitdebug strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.hadiko.de/pub/dists/gentoo/gentoo/" LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/java-overlay /var/lib/layman/flora /var/lib/layman/sunrise /var/lib/layman/rebutia /var/lib/layman/last-hope /var/lib/layman/hasufell /var/lib/layman/steam /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://ftp.hadiko.de/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk iconv ipv6 jpeg lcms ldap libnotify mad mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses networkmanager nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds qt3support qt4 readline sdl session spell sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg tcpd tiff truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xft xinerama xml xv xvid zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev synaptics" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en de de_DE" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="arm i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
+1 the same version of ghc and cabal. Workaround: install cabal 1.16 from testing instead.
Fixed by setting upper constraint for cabal-1.14.0.
*** Bug 420073 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
