using the cabal.exe linked from
http://ghcmutterings.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/bootstrapping-cabal-install/
I set out to try cabal update; cabal install cabal-install.
Since the executable doesn't seem to be linked from anywhere else, I assume
you are still testing this?
The first thing I noticed is that cabal.exe is somewhat stingy about providing
information: there doesn't seem to be a "query" or "info" command and, usually,
the only way to get information is to look at the "-v" output of doing something
(where is the config file? cabal --help should point to it; what are the dependencies
for a given package? we can only ask what cabal --install --dry-run -v is going
to do with the dependencies; where do packages get unpacked temporarily, for
building?..). Querying should be supported, not just doing. Am I missing something?
Having found the config file by looking at the -v output of cabal update.., I tried
to enable documentation and to change every path so that cabal would use D:
instead of C: (often crowded). That seemed to work, only that I missed that
installs seem to be global by default, not user (also, build logs still end up on C:)?
(btw, I get lots of warnings about deprecated -ffi)
Then I tried cabal install cabal-install (ghc-6.11.20081004, cygwin), and failed.
1. cabal.exe prefers network-2.2.0.0 (installed) over network-2.2.0.1, and
building that fails with a Data.Generics issue (wasn't that why the version
number was bumped in the first place? and why is it built when it is installed?)
2. trying cabal install network explicitly does install network.2.2.0.1..
3. cabal install cabal-install still fails, see below
build.log attached.
Claus
..
[29 of 29] Compiling Main ( Main.hs, dist\build\cabal\cabal-tmp\Main.o )
Linking dist\build\cabal\cabal.exe ...
Warning: resolving _WSAGetLastError by linking to _WSAGetLastError@0
Use --enable-stdcall-fixup to disable these warnings
Use --disable-stdcall-fixup to disable these fixups
C:\Program Files\Haskell\HTTP-3001.1.4\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSHTTP-3001.1.4.a(TCP.o):fake:(.text+0x1
087): undefined reference to `shutdown'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\HTTP-3001.1.4\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSHTTP-3001.1.4.a(TCP.o):fake:(.text+0x1
0c4): undefined reference to `shutdown'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\HTTP-3001.1.4\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSHTTP-3001.1.4.a(StreamSocket.o):fake:(
.text+0x32b): undefined reference to `shutdown'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x89): undefined reference to `getWSErrorDescr'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x65d): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x6a1): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x6b1): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x6f5): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x705): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x79a): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x82d): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x8be): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x959): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x9ad): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x9e8): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xb3d): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xb98): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xbd5): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xc09): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xc1a): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xc5d): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xc74): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xcad): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xce1): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xcf9): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xd31): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xd65): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xd7c): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xdb5): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xded): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xe2d): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xea5): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xf2c): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xfbc): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x10b1): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x10f8): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x30a9): undefined reference to `inet_addr'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x4d9c): undefined reference to `htons'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x4ee1): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x4f49): undefined reference to `ntohs'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x61b9): undefined reference to `htonl'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x6499): undefined reference to `getsockopt'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x6b4d): undefined reference to `initWinSock'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x6b7d): undefined reference to `shutdownWinSock'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x7298): undefined reference to `shutdown'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x72d7): undefined reference to `shutdown'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x7317): undefined reference to `shutdown'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x75dd): undefined reference to `listen'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x7975): undefined reference to `socket'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x7d55): undefined reference to `bind'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x82d8): undefined reference to `sendto'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x88b5): undefined reference to `connect'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0x89d1): undefined reference to `connect'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xa9c9): undefined reference to `getsockname'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xaf3d): undefined reference to `getpeername'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xb23d): undefined reference to `recvfrom'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xba0f): undefined reference to `setsockopt'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xc40d): undefined reference to `acceptNewSock'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xc4ab): undefined reference to `newAcceptParams'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xc4b6): undefined reference to `acceptDoProc'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(Socket.o):fake:(.t
ext+0xc567): undefined reference to `accept'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x125f): undefined reference to `gethostbyname'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x13e3): undefined reference to `gethostbyname'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x1607): undefined reference to `gethostname'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x7199): undefined reference to `getservbyname'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x7291): undefined reference to `getservbyname'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x7565): undefined reference to `getservbyport'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x765d): undefined reference to `getservbyport'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x78a5): undefined reference to `getprotobyname'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x7995): undefined reference to `getprotobyname'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x7c91): undefined reference to `getprotobynumber'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x7d79): undefined reference to `getprotobynumber'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x866d): undefined reference to `gethostbyaddr'
C:\Program Files\Haskell\network-2.2.0.1\ghc-6.11.20081004/libHSnetwork-2.2.0.1.a(BSD.o):fake:(.text
+0x87ff): undefined reference to `gethostbyaddr'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
cabal.exe: Error: some packages failed to install:
cabal-install-0.6.0 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
exit: ExitFailure 1
begin 666 build.log
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