#407: Installing new packages takes forever ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: Paul Visschers | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: major | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.10.1 Platform: Linux | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ I have a fresh install of GHC 6.10.1 and when I try to install new packages I get the following message: {{{ cabal: ghc-pkg describe * failed. If you are using ghc-6.9 and have an empty user package database then this is probably due to ghc bug #2201. The workaround is to register at least one package in the user package db. }}} I indeed have an empty user package database, but I kind of wanted to install my packages globally anyway, so I try again with the "--global" flag. This time I get the "Resolving dependencies..." message and then nothing more seems to happen. After a while my cpu's are both fully used and so is my memory. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/407 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects