#595: Better error message when packages are not found in global package db ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Type: enhancement Status: closed | Priority: normal Milestone: | Component: Cabal library Version: HEAD | Severity: major Resolution: worksforme | Keywords: Difficulty: easy (<4 hours) | Ghcversion: Platform: | ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Changes (by gtirloni): * cc: gtirloni@… (added) * status: new => closed * resolution: => worksforme Comment: I cannot reproduce this problem with GHC 7.0 and cabal-install 0.10.2. cabal-install correctly identifies the package that exists locally (but not on Hackage). $ cabal --version cabal-install version 0.10.2 using version 1.10.2.0 of the Cabal library $ ghc --version The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.0.4 $ curl http://hackage.haskell.org/package/network-multicast-nonexistent 404 Not Found The requested resource was not found: no such package 'network-multicast- nonexistent' $ cabal clean cleaning... $ cabal configure Resolving dependencies... Configuring cabalfailure-0.1... $ cabal build Preprocessing executables for cabalfailure-0.1... Building cabalfailure-0.1... [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( src/myTest.hs, dist/build/Main/Main- tmp/Main.o ) Linking dist/build/Main/Main ... $ cabal install Resolving dependencies... Configuring cabalfailure-0.1... Preprocessing executables for cabalfailure-0.1... Building cabalfailure-0.1... Installing executable(s) in /home/gtirloni/.cabal/bin -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/595#comment:2 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects