On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:18:02 +0200 Daniel Fischer <daniel.is.fischer@web.de> wrote:
The new cabal-0.8.2 is probably installed in $HOME/.cabal/bin and that directory isn't in your $PATH. Add it to your path (if it isn't in) before the directory where cabal-0.8.0 is in, so version 0.8.2 is found first. thx daniel!
that would appear to have been my problem too. for instance, $ /usr/bin/cabal -V cabal-install version 0.8.0 using version 1.8.0.2 of the Cabal library vs $ .cabal/bin/cabal -V cabal-install version 0.8.2 using version 1.8.0.2 of the Cabal library but after putting it in the PATH eg in .bashrc export ~/.cabal/bin:$PATH we get cabal -V cabal-install version 0.8.2 using version 1.8.0.2 of the Cabal library -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's