Re: Error while packaging Stack

[Timothy Sample]

Hi John,

John Soo <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm working on packaging Stack and have all the dependencies.
>
> When I try to package stack itself, I get the following error:
>
> gcc: error trying to exec
> '/gnu/store/...-gcc-7.4.0/libexec/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.4.0/collect2':
> execv: Argument list too long
>
> I saw the following issue on the nix repo:
>
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/41340
>
> Does this have anything to do with the version of cabal-install we have?

I’m not sure, but I could take a look if you send a patch.  When I read
this, I thought “response files!”  However, the bug report you linked
suggests that there’s some reason they don’t work in this case.


-- Tim