I needed to apply the follow patch to packedstring to install it with ghc-6.12.1 and cabal-install-0.8.0 on my machine:<br><br>diff -u packedstring-0.1.0.1/packedstring.cabal\~ packedstring-0.1.0.1/packedstring.cabal<br>--- packedstring-0.1.0.1/packedstring.cabal~ 2010-01-17 16:23:32.000000000 +1000<br>

+++ packedstring-0.1.0.1/packedstring.cabal 2010-01-17 19:18:15.000000000 +1000<br>@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@<br>    (Deprecated) Packed Strings.<br>build-type: Simple<br>Library<br>-  build-depends: base, array<br>+  build-depends: base &gt;=4, array<br>

  exposed-modules:<br>      Data.PackedString<br>  extensions: CPP<div><br></div><div>(sorry gmail is probably going to mess I the patch header)</div><div><br></div><div>Jens</div>