#321: cabal in non-existant directory fails ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: larsv | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.4.0.1 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: Linux | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To reproduce: {{{ mkdir foo ; cd foo ; rmdir ../foo ; cabal install regex-pcre }}} Result: {{{ shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory Resolving dependencies... 'regex-base-0.93.1' is cached. cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: regex-base-0.93.1 failed during the configure step. The exception was: getCurrentDirectory: does not exist (No such file or directory) regex-pcre-0.94.1 depends on regex-base-0.93.1 which failed to install. }}} The first shell-init error occurs even if no package is chosen or any other cabal command is used such as "list" or "upgrade". -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/321 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects