March 2012 - cabal-devel

Re: [Hackage] #426: .cabal files should be stored next to tarballs, potentially overriding in-tarball version
by Hackage 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

#426: .cabal files should be stored next to tarballs, potentially overriding in- tarball version -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: claus | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Hackage 2 server | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.3 Platform: | -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Changes (by kosmikus): * component: cabal-install tool => Hackage 2 server Comment: I think this should mainly be considered in connection with Hackage. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/426#comment:2> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #507: Improve `cabal info` output for the local package
by Hackage 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

#507: Improve `cabal info` output for the local package ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: minor | Keywords: Difficulty: easy (<4 hours) | Ghcversion: Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * difficulty: normal => easy (<4 hours) * milestone: => cabal-install-0.16 -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/507#comment:5> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #538: --constraint= is not respected for base
by Hackage 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

#538: --constraint= is not respected for base ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: Saizan | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.14 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.2 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: => cabal-install-0.14 Comment: I think this is only a problem in the strange base-wrapping situation we had with base-3 and base-4. Still, something to verify again. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/538#comment:2> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #608: Files that are only used by cabal setup are not recompiled when they change between runs of 'cabal build'
by Hackage 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

#608: Files that are only used by cabal setup are not recompiled when they change between runs of 'cabal build' ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Type: defect Status: new | Priority: low Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 | Component: cabal-install tool Version: 1.6.0.1 | Severity: normal Keywords: | Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) Ghcversion: | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * priority: normal => low * difficulty: unknown => very easy (<1 hour) * milestone: => cabal-install-0.16 Comment: Verified that this problem still exists. So it sounds like calling ghc --make on the setup script at least every time we configure would be a simple fix. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/608#comment:4> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #610: wxcore install fail on Vista
by Hackage 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

#610: wxcore install fail on Vista ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: Windows | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * difficulty: very hard (<1 week) => unknown * milestone: => cabal-install-0.16 Comment: Hm. Has this ever been solved? -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/610#comment:1> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #613: Update .cabal/config along with cabal-install
by Hackage 06 Mar '12

06 Mar '12

#613: Update .cabal/config along with cabal-install ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Cabal-1.16 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD Severity: minor | Keywords: Difficulty: very hard (<1 week) | Ghcversion: Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Changes (by kosmikus): * difficulty: unknown => very hard (<1 week) * milestone: => Cabal-1.16 -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/613#comment:1> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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[Hackage] #675: template-haskell cannot be upgraded (broken data-accessor-template)
by Hackage 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

#675: template-haskell cannot be upgraded (broken data-accessor-template) ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: 6.12.1 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ data-accessor-template-0.2.1.3 has flags in the cabal file on template- haskell versions, which makes it broken for cabal-install on ghc-6.12: cabal-install tries to install template-haskell-2.3, which fails (and it can't be expected to succeed because TH is integrated into ghc due to quotes) You can work around the build failure with: {{{ cabal install data-accessor-template --constraint='template-haskell >= 2.4' }}} cabal-install ought to know that template-haskell isn't something it should install (as it does with base). -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/675> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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[Hackage] #923: Error installing : hs-bibutils-4.12
by Hackage 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

#923: Error installing : hs-bibutils-4.12 ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.10 Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.10.1.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: Linux | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- $ cabal install hs-bibutils-4.12 Resolving dependencies... Configuring hs-bibutils-4.12... Preprocessing library hs-bibutils-4.12... Building hs-bibutils-4.12... [1 of 1] Compiling Text.Bibutils ( dist/build/Text/Bibutils.hs, dist/build/Text/Bibutils.o ) bibutils/adsout.c: In function ‘adsout_write’: bibutils/adsout.c:328:21: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs> for instructions. Preprocessed source stored into /tmp/cc6LjxzN.out file, please attach this to your bugreport. cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: hs-bibutils-4.12 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/923> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #571: bad error message: "There is no installed version of base"
by Hackage 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

#571: bad error message: "There is no installed version of base" ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: cabal-install-0.14 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD Severity: minor | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * milestone: => cabal-install-0.14 Comment: I think this is fixed in the HEAD, at least with the modular solver. Should verify. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/571#comment:1> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Re: [Hackage] #615: cabal install attempts to reinstall "same version" of already-installed package
by Hackage 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

#615: cabal install attempts to reinstall "same version" of already-installed package ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.14 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Resolution: duplicate Keywords: | Difficulty: very hard (<1 week) Ghcversion: | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by kosmikus): * status: new => closed * resolution: => duplicate * milestone: => cabal-install-0.14 Comment: This is essentially the same issue as the more recent #884. It should be fixed, at least by using the modular solver, in cabal-install-0.14. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/615#comment:2> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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