#651: Better error message when tarball is corrupt ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.8.0.2 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: easy (<4 hours) | Ghcversion: Platform: Linux | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment(by gtirloni): cabal-install 0.10.2 outputs the following error message for a tarball that it can't unpack: {{{ $ cabal install --reinstall HTTP Resolving dependencies... cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: HTTP-4000.1.2 failed while unpacking the package. The exception was: user error (truncated tar archive) }}} Does it satisfy this ticket's request? -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/651#comment:3 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects