[Haskell-cafe] ghc 7.10.1-rc1 ghc no longer supports single-file style package databases (dist/package.conf.inplace) use 'ghc-pkg init' to create the database with the correct format.

[Konstantine Rybnikov]

Installing dependencies fails with very same error, unfortunately.

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Antoine Latter <aslatter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did the following to work around this:
>
> I cloned this branch on GitHub: https://github.com/haskell/cabal/tree/1.22
>
> Then, in the cabal-install folder I built the 'cabal-install' binary
> *without* using the existing version of cabal-install, then used the newly
> built 'cabal-install' to actually install the new 'cabal-install':
>
> cd <folder which has cabal-install>
> ghc Setup.hs
> ./Setup.hs configure
> ./Seup.hs build
> dist/build/cabal/cabal install
>
> You may need to install some dependencies first - using the old
> cabal-install worked fine for me for this, but maybe it secretly corrupted
> something behind the scenes. I haven't had trouble so far.
>
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Konstantine Rybnikov <k-bx at k-bx.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I just did `sudo make install` on ghc 7.10.1-rc1, removed ~/.ghc and did
>> `cabal update`. I'm now trying to upgrade to latest cabal by issuing `cabal
>> install cabal-install`. I get the following:
>>
>> ```
>> ...
>> on the commandline: Warning:
>>     -package-name is deprecated: Use -this-package-key instead
>> ghc: ghc no longer supports single-file style package databases
>> (dist/package.conf.inplace) use 'ghc-pkg init' to create the database with
>> the correct format.
>> Failed to install zlib-0.5.4.2
>> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>> HTTP-3001.0.4 depends on text-1.2.0.3 which failed to install.
>> cabal-install-0.4.0 depends on zlib-0.5.4.2 which failed to install.
>> mtl-2.2.1 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>> network-2.6.0.2 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>> parsec-3.1.7 depends on text-1.2.0.3 which failed to install.
>> text-1.2.0.3 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>> zlib-0.5.4.2 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>> ```
>>
>> Does anyone know a quick-fix?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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