RE: the `impossible' happened

On 28 June 2005 07:37, Frederik Eaton wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 01:08:07PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
>> On 25 June 2005 21:09, Frederik Eaton wrote:
>> 
>>> Skipping  Version          ( ./Version.hs,
>>> dist/build/./fcq-www.cgi-tmp/Version.o ) Skipping  ChangeLog       
>>> ( ./ChangeLog.hs, dist/build/./fcq-www.cgi-tmp/ChangeLog.o )
>>> Compiling Main             ( fcq-www.hs,
>>> dist/build/./fcq-www.cgi-tmp/Main.o ) 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>
/home/frederik/arch/i386/lib/WASH-CGI-1.4.37/ghc-6-4/import/Cookie.hi
>>>> Could not find module `StateItem': it is not a module in the
>>> current program, or in any known package.
>>> ghc-6.4: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC version 6.4):
>>>         forkM Declaration for check{v}
>> 
>> This one is most likely caused by a problem in a package
>> specification, namely a module missing from the "eposed-modules" or
>> "hidden-modules" fields.
> 
> That it was - but hopefuly ghc isn't supposed to print "panic!" when a
> package is just misconfigured? Not that I found the problem hard to
> debug...

I think we've improved the error message now.

Cheers,
        Simon