Bug#875850: opam fails to build ocamlfind.

[Ximin Luo <infinity0@debian.org>]

Pietro Abate:
> Package: opam
> Version: 1.2.2-6
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> the currrent version in unstable of opam fails to build ocamlfind
> therefore rendering unusable many opam packages. Compiling opam from
> git solves the problem. I invite you to upgrade opam to the latest
> release or git snapshot.
> 
> This is the log on my machine from a clean opam initialization.
> 
> [..]
> 
> =-=- Processing actions -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> -> installed ocaml-variants.4.06.0+trunk+safe-string
> -> installed ocaml.4.06.0
> -> installed conf-m4.1
> [ERROR] Bad hash for
>         /home/abate/.opam/repo/default/packages/ocamlfind/ocamlfind.1.7.3/files/ocamlfind.install
> 
> [..]

opam is indeed out-of-date on Debian but are you sure that is your problem? This error makes it look like your download was faulty.

I have been using Debian's opam fine for quite a while, but with the 4.05.0 ocaml from Debian experimental.

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