[SOLVED] ghc compile error "output was redirected with -o, but no output will be generated because there is no Main module."

ghc compile error "output was redirected with -o, but no output will be generated because there is no Main module."

Didn't see any relevant result when google searching for this error so thought I'd post it.

stack build
Building all executables for `gitchapter' once. After a successful build of all of them, only specified executables will be rebuilt.
gitchapter-0.1.0.0: build (exe)
Preprocessing executable 'app' for gitchapter-0.1.0.0..
Building executable 'app' for gitchapter-0.1.0.0..
Preprocessing executable 'test' for gitchapter-0.1.0.0..
Warning: Enabling workaround for Main module 'Main' listed in 'other-modules'
Building executable 'test' for gitchapter-0.1.0.0..
illegaly!

<no location info>: error:
    output was redirected with -o, but no output will be generated
because there is no Main module.


--  While building custom Setup.hs for package gitchapter-0.1.0.0 using:
      /home/chris/.stack/setup-exe-cache/x86_64-linux-nopie/Cabal-simple_mPHDZzAJ_2.0.1.0_ghc-8.2.2 --builddir=.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux-nopie/Cabal-2.0.1.0 build exe:app exe:test --ghc-options " -ddump-hi -ddump-to-file -fdiagnostics-color=always"
    Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1

It definitely is related to the 'test' executable definition - as if I remove this, it completes the stack build successfully - but without the required test executable.

gitchapter.cabal

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name:           gitchapter
version:        0.1.0.0
author:         Chris Stryczynski
maintainer:     Chris Stryczynski
license:        BSD3
license-file:   LICENSE
build-type:     Simple
cabal-version:  >= 1.10

executable app
  main-is: Main.hs
  other-modules:
      BlogLiterately
      Example
      FileSection
      GHCi
      GHCiSession
      Git
      GitTextPartial
      Hart
      Operations
      Operations.Parsers
      QuasiText
      Render
      Section
      Test
      Paths_gitchapter
  hs-source-dirs:
      src
  build-depends:
      HUnit
    , QuickCheck
    , base >=4.9 && <4.11
    , directory
    , extra
    , filepath
    , foldl
    , mtl
    , optparse-applicative
    , pandoc-include-code
    , parsec
    , pretty-simple
    , process
    , regex-pcre
    , regex-posix
    , safe
    , string-conversions
    , system-filepath
    , template-haskell
    , text
    , transformers
    , turtle
    , unix
    , unordered-containers
  default-language: Haskell2010

executable test
  main-is: Test.hs
  other-modules:
      BlogLiterately
      Example
      FileSection
      GHCi
      GHCiSession
      Git
      GitTextPartial
      Hart
      Main
      Operations
      Operations.Parsers
      QuasiText
      Render
      Section
      Paths_gitchapter
  hs-source-dirs:
      src
  build-depends:
      HUnit
    , QuickCheck
    , base >=4.9 && <4.11
    , directory
    , extra
    , filepath
    , foldl
    , mtl
    , optparse-applicative
    , pandoc-include-code
    , parsec
    , pretty-simple
    , process
    , regex-pcre
    , regex-posix
    , safe
    , string-conversions
    , system-filepath
    , template-haskell
    , text
    , transformers
    , turtle
    , unix
    , unordered-containers
  default-language: Haskell2010

Solution

You need to set

executable test
  ghc-options:  -main-is Test

in your cabal file.