#141: Cabal throws an ugly "irrefutable pattern match failed" error when confronted to an empty .cabal descriptor ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: mnislaih | Owner: mnislaih Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Cabal | Version: HEAD Severity: minor | Resolution: fixed Keywords: | Ghcversion: 6.6 Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Platform: Mac OS ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Changes (by duncan): * resolution: => fixed * status: new => closed Comment: We now get {{{ setup: Warning: No library or executable specified Configuring ... setup: Warning: No executables and no library found. Nothing to do. setup: Warning: No exposed modules or executables in this package. setup: Warning: No license-file field. setup: Error: Missing field: name setup: Error: Missing field: version }}} I suppose it could be better yet. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/141 Hackage http://example.com/ My example project