ANNOUNCE: GHC 7.10.1 Release Candidate 1 - problem with latest cabal-install

[George Colpitts]

Thanks, I seem to have got that to work

On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Edward Z. Yang <ezyang at mit.edu> wrote:

> Oh, because Cabal HQ hasn't cut a release yet.
>
> Try installing out of Git.  https://github.com/haskell/cabal/
>
> Edward
>
> Excerpts from George Colpitts's message of 2015-01-01 14:23:50 -0500:
> > I still have 7.8.3 but it doesn't seem to want to build the latest cabal:
> >
> >  ghc --version
> > The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.8.3
> > bash-3.2$ cabal install cabal-install
> > Resolving dependencies...
> > Configuring cabal-install-1.20.0.6...
> > Building cabal-install-1.20.0.6...
> > Installed cabal-install-1.20.0.6
> > Updating documentation index
> > /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/share/doc/index.html
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Edward Z. Yang <ezyang at mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > If you still have your old GHC around, it will be much better to
> > > compile the newest cabal-install using the *old GHC*, and then
> > > use that copy to bootstrap a copy of the newest cabal-install.
> > >
> > > Edward
> > >
> > > Excerpts from George Colpitts's message of 2015-01-01 12:08:44 -0500:
> > > > ​$ ​
> > > > cabal update
> > > > Downloading the latest package list from hackage.haskell.org
> > > > Note: *there is a new version of cabal-install available.*
> > > > To upgrade, run: cabal install cabal-install
> > > > bash-3.2$ *cabal install -j3 cabal-install *
> > > > *​...​*
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *Resolving dependencies...cabal: Could not resolve dependencies:*
> > > > trying: cabal-install-1.20.0.6 (user goal)
> > > > trying: base-4.8.0.0/installed-779... (dependency of
> > > cabal-install-1.20.0.6)
> > > > next goal: process (dependency of cabal-install-1.20.0.6)
> > > > rejecting: process-1.2.1.0/installed-2db... (conflict: unix==2.7.1.0,
> > > > process
> > > > => unix==2.7.1.0/installed-4ae...)
> > > > trying: process-1.2.1.0
> > > > next goal: directory (dependency of cabal-install-1.20.0.6)
> > > > rejecting: directory-1.2.1.1/installed-b08... (conflict: directory =>
> > > > time==1.5.0.1/installed-c23..., cabal-install => time>=1.1 && <1.5)
> > > > rejecting: directory-1.2.1.0 (conflict: base==
> 4.8.0.0/installed-779...,
> > > > directory => base>=4.5 && <4.8)
> > > > rejecting: directory-1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.0 (conflict:
> > > > base==4.8.0.0/installed-779..., directory => base>=4.2 && <4.7)
> > > > rejecting: directory-1.1.0.2 (conflict: base==
> 4.8.0.0/installed-779...,
> > > > directory => base>=4.2 && <4.6)
> > > > rejecting: directory-1.1.0.1 (conflict: base==
> 4.8.0.0/installed-779...,
> > > > directory => base>=4.2 && <4.5)
> > > > rejecting: directory-1.1.0.0 (conflict: base==
> 4.8.0.0/installed-779...,
> > > > directory => base>=4.2 && <4.4)
> > > > rejecting: directory-1.0.1.2, 1.0.1.1, 1.0.1.0, 1.0.0.3, 1.0.0.0
> > > (conflict:
> > > > process => directory>=1.1 && <1.3)
> > > > Dependency tree exhaustively searched.
> > >
>
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