April 2012 - cabal-devel

darcs patch: Add a new checkout Command (and 1 more)
by Joachim Breitner 20 Jul '13

20 Jul '13

Hi, the small feature implemented by the attached patches could make it more convenient for people to quickly and easily contribute to hackage packages. Do you want me to open a ticket for this or can you appl yit right away? Thanks, Joachim 2 patches for repository http://darcs.haskell.org/cabal-install: Sun Nov 7 12:35:32 CET 2010 Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de> * Add a new checkout Command Given a package name, this uses the SourceRepo field of the newest versionf of that pacakge to figure out the repository location and calls the right VCS invocation. Sun Nov 7 12:43:35 CET 2010 Joachim Breitner <mail(a)joachim-breitner.de> * Add a --dry-run flag to cabal checkout

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hackage-server: index format
by Antoine Latter 20 Dec '12

20 Dec '12

Hi folks, The index tar-ball on Hackage has an odd naming convention. Package descriptions are given paths of the form: ./$pkg/$version/$pkg.cabal including the leading "./". I'm guessing that this is done as a method of distinguishing non-package meta-data. Is this a convention we need to preserve? Thanks, Antoine

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[Hackage] #935: implementation of Distribution.Version.invertVersionRange
by Hackage 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

#935: implementation of Distribution.Version.invertVersionRange ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: dsf | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.10.2.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Ghcversion: 7.4.1 Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Attached is an implementation of a function to return the complement of a VersionRange. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/935> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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[Hackage] #777: cabal install {hledger, others} ExitFailure 11
by Hackage 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

#777: cabal install {hledger, others} ExitFailure 11 ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: philips | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.8 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.8.0.2 Severity: normal | Keywords: ExitFailure Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: Linux | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ I am getting ExitFailure 11 when trying to install hledger on Debian and openSUSE. I reported this to the hledger author, Simon, and he said he is experiencing this on his machines too and for other packages, not just hledger. Log file attached. Summary below: {{{ ledger:~/ $ cabal install -v3 hledger Lots of debug output (see attached)... hledger-0.13 failed during the configure step. The exception was: ExitFailure 11 ledger:~/ $ cabal --version cabal-install version 0.8.2 using version 1.8.0.2 of the Cabal library ledger:~/ $ ghc --version The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.12.1 }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/777> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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[Hackage] #942: cabal install passes --disable-benchmarks to setups built with Cabal lib versions that don't know that flag
by Hackage 04 May '12

04 May '12

#942: cabal install passes --disable-benchmarks to setups built with Cabal lib versions that don't know that flag ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: kosmikus | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: cabal-install-0.14.2 Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.10.2.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/942> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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Darcs home page updated
by Simon Michael 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

With 2.8 released, I felt Darcs deserves better presentation. After surveying other VCS sites I worked on an update to our home page layout and content over the last few days, with review and input from #darcs, and it went live last night. It's far from perfect but I hope it's a good step forward. Thanks for the input, and have at it: http://darcs.net -Simon

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[Hackage] #947: let "cabal -fSomeFlag" produce error for undeclared flags
by Hackage 28 Apr '12

28 Apr '12

#947: let "cabal -fSomeFlag" produce error for undeclared flags ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: Oblosys | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.10.2.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Typos in flags can lead to confusing problems, especially with large projects that take a long time to build. A simple check could be quite useful: ~> hconfigure -fNonExistentFlag -fSomeFlag cabal: undeclared flag 'NonExistentFlag'. Declared flags are: ExistentFlag, SomeFlag -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/947> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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[Hackage] #948: some way to specify common build-depends for library, executables and test-suites
by Hackage 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

#948: some way to specify common build-depends for library, executables and test- suites ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: Oblosys | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.10.2.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Not sure whether this is a feature request or a bug report. I sometimes have a number of dependencies that are the same for library, executable, and test-suite. The global property 'build-depends' looks like an ideal place to put these, but any dependencies I list there seem to be ignored by cabal. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/948> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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[Hackage] #947: Raspberry Ketone Plus Miracle
by Hackage 27 Apr '12

27 Apr '12

#947: Raspberry Ketone Plus Miracle ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: antibac01 | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.10.2.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- All ingredients used in [http://healthremediesblog.com/raspberry-ketone- plus/ Raspberry Ketone Plus] are all natural and 100% certified by FDA. Raspberry Ketone Plus has been reported with no side effect and been a outstanding to lose weight effectively. Being the latest and newest product in town, it has indeed create a storm of craze for those who wish to lose weight fast. Fox News has reported that most of the health stores have been sold out for this supplement and waiting for a new batch of it to arrived while other has been placing their orders. Nothing really bids this supplement and if you wish to [http://healthremediesblog.com/raspberry-ketone-plus/ buy raspberry ketone plus], good luck in finding one at stores, you would have a better chance to buy it online from the distributors or its suppliers. Many of the online stores also give you a 30 days money back guaranteed so you can try out the product without any risk. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/947> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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[Hackage] #946: Packages are downloaded insecurely
by Hackage 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

#946: Packages are downloaded insecurely ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: cooldude | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.10.2.0 Severity: major | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- It appears that when running cabal install package, the package is downloaded without any transport security. Anyone who can perform a man in the middle attack could tamper with the package that is being downloaded, resulting in a complete compromise of the cabal user. This makes it impossible to use cabal. The servers should utilize TLS, it is possible to get a free certificate from startcom if price is a concern. Additionally when packages are verified as non-malicious, they should be signed with a "cabal" signing key, and then the package signatures should be verified by cabal. -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/946> Hackage <http://haskell.org/cabal/> Hackage: Cabal and related projects

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