#612: cabal fetch without recursive package download ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Sometimes I want to install a package from Hackage and the dependencies cannot be satisfied. Thus 'cabal install' refuses to work. Now I like to download the package in order to inspect the Cabal file. Sometimes it contains switches that may reduce dependencies, or I can add such switches, say because the offending dependencies only apply to the test executables or examples. However, also 'cabal fetch' refuses to work, because the dependencies cannot be resolved. Thus I like to say something like 'cabal fetch --disable-recursive-download package'. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/612 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects