[Haskell-cafe] 1,000 packages, so let's build a few!

[Don Stewart]

bugfact:
>      the true way to install all of hackage is:
> 
>         cabal install $(all my packages)
> 
>      where cabal install solves it all.
> 
>    not really :) e.g. my output on a Windows Vista system with GHC 6.10.1
>    cabal install sdl
>    Resolving dependencies...
>    Downloading SDL-0.5.4...
>    [1 of 1] Compiling Main             (
>    C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Local\Temp\TMPSDL-0.5.4\SDL-0.5.4\Setup.lhs,
>    C:\Users\Peter
>    \AppData\Local\Temp\TMPSDL-0.5.4\SDL-0.5.4\dist\setup\Main.o )
>    C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Local\Temp\TMPSDL-0.5.4\SDL-0.5.4\Setup.lhs:2:2:
>        Warning: In the use of `defaultUserHooks'
>                 (imported from Distribution.Simple):
>                 Deprecated: "Use simpleUserHooks or autoconfUserHooks, unless
>    you need Cabal-1.2
>                 compatibility in which case you must stick with
>    defaultUserHooks"
>    Linking
>    C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Local\Temp\TMPSDL-0.5.4\SDL-0.5.4\dist\setup\setup.exe
>    ...
>    Warning: defaultUserHooks in Setup script is deprecated.
>    Configuring SDL-0.5.4...
>    setup.exe: sh: runGenProcess: does not exist (No such file or directory)
>    cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>    SDL-0.5.4 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
>    exit: ExitFailure 1

Isn't this missing C library dependencies, which cabal head now warns
about?

-- Don