[git-annex] compile error on lucid (was: reflink=auto option not present)

[Abhishek Dasgupta]

(forgot to Cc the list last time)
Joey Hess wrote:
> Abhishek Dasgupta wrote:
> > Abhishek Dasgupta wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have been using git-annex for some time, and today while trying to
> > > issue `git annex get` it shows:
> > > get big_file (copying from host...) cp: unrecognized option '--reflink=auto'
> > > Try `cp --help' for more information.
> > > 
> > OK, it seems that git-annex checks for the reflink=auto option while
> > building and disables that functionality if not present. However, now I
> > have a different problem -- while compiling on lucid (version
> > 0.20110401), I get this error:
> > 
> > [ 6 of 72] Compiling Key              ( Key.hs, Key.o )
> > 
> > Key.hs:77:7:
> >     No instance for (Arbitrary Char)
> >       arising from a use of `arbitrary' at Key.hs:77:7-15
> >     Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (Arbitrary Char)
> >     In a stmt of a 'do' expression: n <- arbitrary
> >     In the expression:
> >         do { n <- arbitrary;
> >              b <- elements ['A' .. 'Z'];
> >                return
> >              $ Key
> >                  {keyName = n, keyBackendName = [b], keySize = Nothing,
> >                   keyMtime = Nothing} }
> >     In the definition of `arbitrary':
> >         arbitrary = do { n <- arbitrary;
> >                          b <- elements ['A' .. 'Z'];
> >                            return
> >                          $ Key
> >                              {keyName = n, keyBackendName = [...], keySize = Nothing,
> >                               keyMtime = Nothing} }
> > 
> 
> This is either a too old, or possibly a too new version of the haskell
> quickcheck library. 
> 
> One easy workaround is to edit the file in question and remove all the
> "for quickcheck" stuff at the end of the file.
> (The test suite will then not be able to build, but the program will.)
> 
Thanks for the responses. Luckily coreutils 8.5-1 from Debian installs
without any fuss on lucid, so that solves the problem.

-- 
Abhishek
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