[Hackage] #407: Installing new packages takes forever
#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
#407: cabal-install-0.5 broken with ghc-6.10 ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: Paul Visschers | Owner: Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: Severity: major | Resolution: fixed Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.10.1 | Platform: Linux ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by duncan): * status: new => closed * version: 1.6.0.1 => * resolution: => fixed * summary: Installing new packages takes forever => cabal-install-0.5 broken with ghc-6.10 Comment: The version of cabal-install you are using is not compatible with ghc-6.10. You will need to upgrade to the latest version (cabal- install-0.6.0). If you now only have ghc-6.10 installed then you will have to install cabal-install without using the existing non-working version of cabal- install. If you've still got ghc 6.8 installed then it's slightly easier: {{{ cabal update cabal install -w ghc-6.8.2 cabal-install }}} and the resulting version will work with 6.10 too. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/407#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
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