stack setup fails with: configure: error: cannot determine current directory

[gliptak]

Running on Alpine Linux 3.4.3 with linux-x86_64-static, stack/ghc fails as below (might be missing some packages??):

/tmp/mypackage # /usr/local/bin/stack setup
Preparing to install GHC to an isolated location.
This will not interfere with any system-level installation.
Already downloaded.                
Running /root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1.temp/ghc-8.0.1/configure --prefix=/root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1/ in directory /root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1.temp/ghc-8.0.1/ exited with ExitFailure 1

checking for path to top of build tree... 
/root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1.temp/ghc-8.0.1/configure: ./configure.lineno: line 2234: utils/ghc-pwd/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pwd-bindist: not found
configure: error: cannot determine current directory

Error encountered while configuring GHC with
  /root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1.temp/ghc-8.0.1/configure --prefix=/root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1/
  run in /root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1.temp/ghc-8.0.1/

The following directories may now contain files, but won't be used by stack:
  - /root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1.temp/
  - /root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1/

Configuring GHC .../tmp/mypackage

Stack version

$ stack --version
Version 1.2.0, Git revision 241cd07d576d9c0c0e712e83d947e3dd64541c42 (4054 commits) x86_64 hpack-0.14.0

[mgsloan]

Seems like another error occurs before this: /root/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1.temp/ghc-8.0.1/configure: ./configure.lineno: line 2234: utils/ghc-pwd/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pwd-bindist: not found

Seems like an issue with running the makefile based installation system of ghc. So I'd say that this is likely an upstream issue to be addressed in ghc. Can you please try to install the ghc bindists manually? It would be curious to see if the same thing occurs.

[gliptak]

ghc bindist from https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_8_0_1#linux_x86_64 ?

[mgsloan]

Yep, that should be the same. then try running configure.

[gliptak]

Created https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12740

[mgsloan]

Great, thanks!

Does this mean that we should revert the alpine linux PR I merged? (since it won't work)

[gliptak]

Maybe we are to move forward with the followup patch (allowing others to step in ...), while not updating the docs advertising support? Thanks

[mgsloan]

Sure, but how can you test it? Just seems weird to have stuff in the script for a usecase that doesn't work.

[gliptak]

Stack itself is installed and running:

/tmp # /usr/local/bin/stack --version
Version 1.2.0, Git revision 241cd07d576d9c0c0e712e83d947e3dd64541c42 (4054 commits) x86_64 hpack-0.14.0

[mgsloan]

Oh, great!

[gliptak]

@dysinger https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2016/10/static-compilation-with-stack

[Blaisorblade]

Is there an open issue here? Closing on the assumption this was solved or forgotten, please fix reopen otherwise...