#650: cabal-install clueless of previously installed lib with custom package-db ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: nomeata | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: Linux | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ This bug was reported by a Debian user: {{{ This seems to happen for any library that carried dependencies, not just parallel/deepseq. lane@biped:~/src/test $ cabal --version cabal-install version 0.8.0 using version 1.8.0.2 of the Cabal library lane@biped:~/src/test $ cabal update Downloading the latest package list from hackage.haskell.org lane@biped:~/src/test $ echo "[]" > my-package-db lane@biped:~/src/test $ cabal install parallel --package- db="/home/lane/src/test/my-package-db" --prefix="/home/lane/src/test/prefix/" Resolving dependencies... Downloading deepseq-1.1.0.0... Configuring deepseq-1.1.0.0... Preprocessing library deepseq-1.1.0.0... Building deepseq-1.1.0.0... [1 of 1] Compiling Control.DeepSeq ( Control/DeepSeq.hs, dist/build/Control/DeepSeq.o ) Registering deepseq-1.1.0.0... Installing library in /home/lane/src/test/prefix//lib/deepseq-1.1.0.0/ghc-6.12.1 Registering deepseq-1.1.0.0... Downloading parallel-2.2.0.1... Configuring parallel-2.2.0.1... Preprocessing library parallel-2.2.0.1... Building parallel-2.2.0.1... [1 of 2] Compiling Control.Parallel ( Control/Parallel.hs, dist/build/Control/Parallel.o ) [2 of 2] Compiling Control.Parallel.Strategies ( Control/Parallel/Strategies.hs, dist/build/Control/Parallel/Strategies.o ) Registering parallel-2.2.0.1... cabal: parallel-2.2.0.1: dependency "deepseq-1.1.0.0-14fbf43e1c607f21a1eab1783c9c45d4" doesn't exist (use --force to override) cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: parallel-2.2.0.1 failed during the building phase. The exception was: ExitFailure 1 }}} Was he doing something wrong, or is this a bug in cabal-install? -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/650 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects