#50129: ghc @7.8.3_4 build failure: Missing C library: ncursesw ---------------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: alexmptrac@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: ghc | ---------------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by alexmptrac@…): Replying to [comment:5 cal@…]:
That's a weird error message - it seems like there is a problem internal to GHC's build process, because it fails to find a file that GHC itself should have produced (from what I understand).
Can you try again using `sudo port install ghc -- build.jobs=1` to rule out any race conditions?
The build ran for a long time then died with a different bizarre error. At this point I started to suspect I might be running out of memory, so I quit everything except Terminal and tried again. After about an hour and a half it succeeded! Thanks a lot for your help. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50129#comment:7> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X