Sun May 31 09:12:42 BST 2009 dominic@steinitz.org * FAQ cabal installs --user by default but runghc Setup installs global by default and this gets asked often enough. New patches: [FAQ cabal installs --user by default but runghc Setup installs global dominic@steinitz.org**20090531081242 Ignore-this: 37fcff8e75daf9c66094912f6676881a by default and this gets asked often enough. ] { hunk ./FAQ.markdown 42 : I just used cabal to install parsec. Why did it give me version 2 rather than 3? +[runghc Setup Complains of Missing Packages](#runghc-setup-complains-of-missing-packages) +: I just used runghc Setup.hs install but if failed telling me it's + missing a package I know I installed. + [Cabal goes into an infinite loop / runs out of memory](#cabal-goes-into-an-infinite-loop--runs-out-of-memory) : I just upgraded to ghc-6.10 and now cabal runs out of memory when I try to install something hunk ./FAQ.markdown 210 there is almost always an actual error message further up in the build log. Try scrolling up to the bit where it was trying to build that package. +runghc Setup Complains of Missing Packages +--------------------------------------------- + +> I get +> +> $ runghc Setup.hs configure +> Configuring PER-0.0.20... +> Setup.hs: At least the following dependencies are missing: +> time -any && -any +> +> But I already have that package installed. +> +> ghc-pkg list | grep time +> old-locale-1.0.0.1, old-time-1.0.0.2, packedstring-0.1.0.1, + +The default for "runghc Setup.hs configure" is --global, but the default +for "cabal configure" is --user. So if you're using the "cabal" program +to install packages, then you can also us it to configure other +packages. If for you need to use the runghc Setup.hs interface (e.g. in +some system build scripts) and you want it to pick up packages from the +user package db then use the --user flag. If you're constantly having to +use the runghc Setup.hs interface and doing per-user installs is a pain +then you can set the default for the cabal program to be global installs +in the cabal config file (~/.cabal/config). + Parsec 2 vs 3 ------------- } Context: [Add FAQ link to the front page Duncan Coutts **20090416083827] [Add more detail to the FAQ about process dep conflicts Duncan Coutts **20090321202429] [Add generated FAQ.html Duncan Coutts **20090321201231] [Impove FAQ, fix up css for blockquotes Duncan Coutts **20090321190059] [Add initial markdown for FAQ page Duncan Coutts **20090321173937 Incomplete but it's a start. ] [Add redirect for libraries -> API docs Duncan Coutts **20090311123017 Fixes Cabal ticket #381. ] [Also remove old release notes that are not linked to Duncan Coutts **20090306152916] [Remove and redirect old files Duncan Coutts **20090306152251] [Remove old css file Duncan Coutts **20090306151753] [Update recommended link for "How to make a Cabal package" Duncan Coutts **20090306123618 The one on the haskell wiki is much better and more up to date. ] [Fix links to latest docs Duncan Coutts **20090306111440] [Fix latest redirect Duncan Coutts **20090306111131] [Add releate .htaccess file Duncan Coutts **20090306105856] [Fix html errors spotted by the w3c validator Duncan Coutts **20090305185730] [Fix css errors spotted by the w3c css validator Duncan Coutts **20090305185653] [Specifying the html dtd http url is unnecessary Duncan Coutts **20090305185615 The public identifier is sufficient ] [Limit overall page width Duncan Coutts **20090305185846] [Clean up the old stuff page Duncan Coutts **20090305185646] [Move the DistUtils.tgz under old/ Duncan Coutts **20090305184131] [Add old HIM2003Talk and add redirect Duncan Coutts **20090305180924] [Add missing proposal Makefiles Duncan Coutts **20090305180846] [Add all the versions of the proposal Duncan Coutts **20090305175816] [Put the current Cabal website under revision control Duncan Coutts **20090305175730] Patch bundle hash: 7c73debfd7beb18098e5ebea26bdaa8ac4dd8eac