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From: Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>
Subject: Re: Error while packaging Stack
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 12:34:35 -0500
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To: John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
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Hi John,

John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> 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/coll=
ect2':
> 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=E2=80=99m not sure, but I could take a look if you send a patch.  When I =
read
this, I thought =E2=80=9Cresponse files!=E2=80=9D  However, the bug report =
you linked
suggests that there=E2=80=99s some reason they don=E2=80=99t work in this c=
ase.


-- Tim