#612: cabal fetch without recursive package download ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: duplicate Keywords: | Difficulty: unknown Ghcversion: | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by duncan): * status: new => closed * resolution: => duplicate Comment: Of course if you're using it just to inspect the contents of the package then you can use `cabal unpack blah`. The fetch command is mainly so you can install packages when offline, so in that case you do really need the dependencies or you'll end up screaming and shouting when you get on the train and find that not all the deps were downloaded. Of course we could possibly print a message in the case that fetch cannot resolve deps to suggest unpack. It would also be possible of course to have a no-deps flag, see the existing ticket on this issue #423. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/612#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects