[FTBFS] gtk2hs fails to build on Gutsy (amd64)

[Cesare Tirabassi]

gtk2hs (0.9.11-2) synced from Debian unstable fails to build on Gutsy (amd64):

./tools/c2hs/c2hsLocal +RTS -RTS -C-I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -C-I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include --cppopts='-include "gtk2hs-config.h"' --precomp=glib/glib.precomp glib-object.h
In file included from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gthread.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gasyncqueue.h:30,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gtype.h:26,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gboxed.h:26,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib-object.h:25:
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gutils.h:426:1: warning: "GLIB_CHECK_VERSION" redefined
In file included from <command line>:1:
./gtk2hs-config.h:140:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
c2hsLocal: Error in C header file.

/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmessages.h:106: (column 1) [FATAL]
  >>> Syntax error!
  The symbol `__attribute__' does not fit here.

make[4]: *** [glib/glib.precomp] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/gtk2hs-0.9.11'
make[3]: *** [glib/System/Glib/Types.hs] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/gtk2hs-0.9.11'

<no location info>: can't find file: glib/System/Glib/Types.hs
make[2]: *** Deleting file `glib/libHSglib_a.deps'
rm -rf glib/System/Glib.o glib/System/Glib_split/
mkdir -p glib/System/Glib_split
/usr/bin/ghc +RTS -RTS -c glib/System/Glib.hs -o glib/System/Glib.o -split-objs -O -fffi -iglib -package-conf package.conf.inplace -hide-all-packages -ignore-package glib -package base -package haskell98 -package-name glib-0.9.11 '-#include<glib-object.h>' -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include

glib/System/Glib.hs:12:0:
    Failed to load interface for `System.Glib.UTFString':
      Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.
make[2]: *** [glib/System/Glib.o] Error 1

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

This has been hopefully fixed upstream by release 0.9.12:

>>c2hs no longer chokes on some system headers (eg glibc-2.4)

Confirmation from upstream has been required.

It is most probably advisable to wait for a sync of the new issue from Debian:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=434949

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

Release 0.9.12 compiles without any hitch for Gutsy from tarball as well as when debianised.
The changes made since 0.9.11.5 were indeed effective in this respect.

[Pierre R (pradermecker)]

Can we expect the upgrade (0.9.12) in the final gutsy ?

[Michael Bienia (geser)]

Gutsy has already the source for gtk2hs 0.9.12 but it fails to build on archs other than amd64.