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Is there any point to letting cabal-install try to keep building a package if, at some point in the process, I see this:

ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
    ...some error...

...continues with build for a long time...

...eventual message: [x] failed to install

or should I just kill the process and try to solve the error?

Alex Shroyer
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    I'd need to see more context, but this just means that one specific package failed to build. Any packages not downstream of the one that failed will still build just fine. – Gabriella Gonzalez Aug 14 '14 at 20:26
  • What version of GHC are you using, and what exactly was the panic message? – ErikR Aug 14 '14 at 21:24
  • @user5402 7.6.2, 7.6.3 both give variations of this error for various packages. But I'm trying to develop on an ARM machine, so I'm a bit more prone to 'impossible' things happening, I guess. – Alex Shroyer Aug 15 '14 at 00:17
  • @GabrielGonzalez If you make that an answer, I'll accept it. – Alex Shroyer Aug 15 '14 at 00:18

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The error means that one specific package failed to build. Any packages not downstream of the one that failed will still build correctly.

Gabriella Gonzalez
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