Cabal/cabal-install 1.18 RC2

[Anders Persson]

It installs nicely using 1.17 (version 2475a17, I think).

/Ap


On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Anders Persson <anders.cj.persson at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Install of `cabal-install` fails with:
> unrecognized option
> `--sysconfdir=/Users/anderspersson/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.6.3/lib/cabal-install-1.18.0/etc'
>
> I tried to install using rc1.
>
> /Anders
>
>
> OSX 10.8.4
>
>
>
> % cabal install http://johantibell.com/files/Cabal-1.18.0-rc2.tar.gz
> http://johantibell.com/files/cabal-install-1.18.0-rc2.tar.gz
> Downloading http://johantibell.com/files/Cabal-1.18.0-rc2.tar.gz
> Downloading http://johantibell.com/files/cabal-install-1.18.0-rc2.tar.gz
> Resolving dependencies...
> In order, the following will be installed:
> Cabal-1.18.0 (latest: 1.16.0.3) (reinstall)
> cabal-install-1.18.0 (latest: 1.16.0.2) (new package)
> Warning: Note that reinstalls are always dangerous. Continuing anyway...
> Configuring Cabal-1.18.0...
> Building Cabal-1.18.0...
> Installed Cabal-1.18.0
> Configuring cabal-install-1.18.0...
> Failed to install cabal-install-1.18.0
> Last 10 lines of the build log (
> /Users/anderspersson/.cabal/logs/cabal-install-1.18.0.log ):
> unrecognized option
> `--sysconfdir=/Users/anderspersson/Library/Haskell/ghc-7.6.3/lib/cabal-install-1.18.0/etc'
> Updating documentation index
> /Users/anderspersson/Library/Haskell/doc/index.html
> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
> cabal-install-1.18.0 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
> ExitFailure 1
>
>
>
> % cabal --version
> cabal-install version 1.18.0
> using version 1.18.0 of the Cabal library
>
>
>
> % ghc --info
>  [("Project name","The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System")
>  ,("GCC extra via C opts"," -fwrapv")
>  ,("C compiler command","/usr/bin/gcc")
>  ,("C compiler flags"," -m64 -fno-stack-protector  -m64")
>  ,("ar command","/usr/bin/ar")
>  ,("ar flags","clqs")
>  ,("ar supports at file","@ArSupportsAtFile@")
>  ,("touch command","touch")
>  ,("dllwrap command","/bin/false")
>  ,("windres command","/bin/false")
>  ,("perl command","/usr/bin/perl")
>  ,("target os","OSDarwin")
>  ,("target arch","ArchX86_64")
>  ,("target word size","8")
>  ,("target has GNU nonexec stack","False")
>  ,("target has .ident directive","True")
>  ,("target has subsections via symbols","True")
>  ,("LLVM llc command","llc")
>  ,("LLVM opt command","opt")
>  ,("Project version","7.6.3")
>  ,("Booter version","7.4.2")
>  ,("Stage","2")
>  ,("Build platform","x86_64-apple-darwin")
>  ,("Host platform","x86_64-apple-darwin")
>  ,("Target platform","x86_64-apple-darwin")
>  ,("Have interpreter","YES")
>  ,("Object splitting supported","YES")
>  ,("Have native code generator","YES")
>  ,("Support SMP","YES")
>  ,("Unregisterised","NO")
>  ,("Tables next to code","YES")
>  ,("RTS ways","l debug  thr thr_debug thr_l thr_p dyn debug_dyn thr_dyn
> thr_debug_dyn")
>  ,("Leading underscore","YES")
>  ,("Debug on","False")
>
>  ,("LibDir","/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/7.6.3-x86_64/usr/lib/ghc-7.6.3")
>  ,("Global Package
> DB","/Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/7.6.3-x86_64/usr/lib/ghc-7.6.3/package.conf.d")
>  ,("Gcc Linker flags","[\"-m64\"]")
>  ,("Ld Linker flags","[\"-arch\",\"x86_64\"]")
>  ]
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:40 AM, Johan Tibell <johan.tibell at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've prepared another RC, including some fixes. This one is based
>> on 9f374ab45e62924506b992db9157c970c7259a03 on the master branch. If we
>> don't see any problems with this RC the next few days, I'll release it as
>> 1.18.
>>
>> Again, to install the RC just run:
>>
>>     cabal install http://johantibell.com/files/Cabal-1.18.0-rc2.tar.gz
>> http://johantibell.com/files/cabal-install-1.18.0-rc2.tar.gz
>>
>> These are the changes since RC1:
>>
>> 9f374ab Give the xxx_HOST_OS and xxx_HOST_ARCH options that were probed
>> from ghc's target platform, rather than assuming HOST == BUILD. This fixes
>> things for cross compiling.
>> 0bd367f Fix the 'index.cache' up-to-date check.
>> 323460e Unit tests: use configure GHC
>> 473f76a Merge pull request #1440 from 23Skidoo/ghc-info-ignore-ghc-options
>> 85cb83d Merge pull request #1441 from 23Skidoo/repl-extralibs
>> 2d938de Rename 'pref' to 'libTargetDir'.
>> d9283d2 Rearrange the code a bit.
>> 7802fa0 Ignore 'ghc-options' when parsing 'ghc --info' output.
>> 218c6bb Add 'suppressOverrideArgs'.
>> 43624cf Formatting.
>> a3bbf4c Pass linker options when loading *libraries* in GHCi.
>> c977ddd Merge changes from GHC HQ fork
>> 5fa5c41 Merge branch 'master' into roles
>> dd3ca38 Fix link to users' guide.
>> 2803d87 Added a new extension (RoleAnnotations) to the list
>>
>> -- Johan
>>
>>
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