On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 15:50 -0400, David Barton wrote:
OK, I suspect this is a real newbie error, but please have mercy. I have downloaded and installed cabal (at least it responds to the --help command from the command line). Yet when I do, say (to give a real example):
cabal configure parameterized_ data
(having done he fetch) I get this error:
cabal.exe: Using 'build-type" Custom' but there is no Setup.hs or Setup.lhs script.'
When I download the package manually and look, there is a perfectly servicable Setup.hs script, which I call manually.
So what gives?
You mean to run: cabal install parameterized-data "cabal configure" expects to be run inside the build tree. It's looking for a Setup.hs in the current directory. The configure command is for developers working with their own packages locally, rather than for working with released packages directly from hackage. There are basically two sets of commands, those for working with released packages by name, and those for working with a local package in the current directory. I'll tried to make that clearer in the cabal-install README, and perhaps in the --help output in future. Duncan