Re: [Haskell-cafe] PSA: `cabal update` command needs manual unsticking

Correct: cabal-install 1.x still uses the old index format (00-index). The logic is different for 01-index, in order to support incremental update (appending when possible, instead of always having to download the whole thing again like with 00-index). On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 1:38 PM, Nathan Collins wrote:

In case this confuses anyone else, I think this PSA only applies if you're using cabal-install version 2.*, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

I had some ~/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.* files, but not any 01-index.* files, and running `cabal update` didn't change that. Then I noticed I was using cabal-install version 1.24.0.2. When I upgraded to cabal-install version 2.0.0.1 and did another `cabal update` the 01-index.* files appeared.

Cheers,

-nathan

On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 5:24 PM, Gershom B wrote:

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Dear Haskellers,

A recent update to hackage, which fixed up the 01-index.tar.gz file, revealed a bug in existing versions of cabal-install, when index files are cleaned up. This bug means that the `cabal update` command, which updates the hackage index file, will fail silently and leave the old file in place. It is easy to get things working again, but it requires manual intervention. Here is the most straightforward way to get things working again:

On gnu/linux or mac: rm ~/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.* On windows: remove the same files, but from %appdata%\cabal\packages\hackage.haskell.org

rerun `cabal update` to fetch a new 01-index.

Apologies all for the inconvenience and any confusion this may have caused. There is a PR to fix this behavior in the works, but since the problem is on the client side, the fix will only improve the situations for new versions of `cabal`.

Happy New Years to all, and cheers to a very functional 2018, Gershom

p.s.: since the problem comes in unpacking the 01-index.tar.gz into the 01-index.tar, you can also just untar that file in place manually, or force cabal into doing the same by running `touch ~/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/01-index.tar` _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list To (un)subscribe, modify options or view archives go to: http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe Only members subscribed via the mailman list are allowed to post.

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