[Hackage] #53: if cabal get update needs to run, say so

[Hackage]

#53: if cabal get update needs to run, say so
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  Reporter:  ijones              |        Owner:  ijones   
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  closed   
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:  Cabal-1.4
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:           
  Severity:  major               |   Resolution:  fixed    
  Keywords:                      |   Difficulty:  normal   
Ghcversion:  6.2.1               |     Platform:  Linux    
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Changes (by duncan):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed

Comment:

 We currently get:

 {{{
 $ cabal install cabal-upload
 Warning: The package list does not exist. Run 'cabal update' to download
 it.
 cabal: Unresolved dependencies: cabal-upload -any
 }}}

 I misunderstood the request. The original request was just to say when the
 package list is missing. I interpreted it as knowing to update the package
 list based on a request to install something that was on the server but
 not in the current package list, which is rather harder.

 So closing this one as it's fixed. Though we could probably do better, it
 should be an error straight off rather than a warning followed by another
 error.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/53#comment:7>
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