[Haskell-cafe] Cabal problem, broken packages?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Donnerstag, dem 15.09.2022 um 17:47 +0200 schrieb Mikolaj Konarski:
> This may be caused by some cabal.project lying around
> (e.g., in the directory you are in when you are installing, but also
> in any parent directory) or by .ghc.environment.arch-os-version
> files lying around
> 
> https://ghc.gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/doc/users_guide/packages.html#package-environments

I don't have a cabal.project or .ghc.environment.arch-os-version lying
around. However, I've found ~/.ghc/x86_64-linux-8.8.4/environments/default,
which contains this:


clear-package-db
global-package-db
package-db /home/v/.cabal/store/ghc-8.8.4/package.db
package-id ghc-8.8.4
package-id bytestring-0.10.10.1
package-id unix-2.7.3-
f9e049162269c42fac796ce2193bc96fb95dfe3ac975de03338213cf0e37a14a
package-id base-4.13.0.0
package-id time-1.12.1-
79940fa11921893814fd2d9a0f4653cb6d9b3a2de6720e03a14215ba5d4e06e7
package-id hpc-0.6.0.3
package-id filepath-1.4.2.1
package-id process-1.6.15.0-
0397a5aa0d99937f979c3ecfb8c3917000787735a4c430a5ee92c026f8987cf0
package-id array-0.5.4.0
package-id integer-gmp-1.0.2.0
package-id containers-0.6.2.1
package-id ghc-boot-8.8.4
package-id binary-0.8.7.0
package-id ghc-prim-0.5.3
package-id ghci-8.8.4
package-id rts
package-id terminfo-0.4.1.4
package-id transformers-0.5.6.2
package-id deepseq-1.4.4.0
package-id ghc-boot-th-8.8.4
package-id pretty-1.1.3.6
package-id template-haskell-2.15.0.0
package-id directory-1.3.7.1-
ada0557c8af940ba0586588eddbc02eb543cb70097182636c20a53c37f6c724e
package-id text-1.2.4.0
package-id random-1.2.1.1-
96a066a3c9e6ce9db8a64c0229a4a92c26549367424a16852f798314b610d9ae
package-id hsshellscript-3.5.0-
d22730dc2a5e25b97ff191ad98a6a1517ff456eecf456231207a8e35d428732e


I've tried the "cabal install --lib" commmand in /tmp, but it's the same.

> 
> which is likely if you indeed installed whole packages, and not just
> executables from the packages (`cabal install` only installs executables).

What I've actually called is "cabal install --lib rfc5051", sorry.

> If the problem persists please file a ticket on cabal github bug tracker.
> 
> BTW, I haven't received your email, but only the response from Tom.
> Nothing in the spam folder, either. Strange.


Cheers,
Volker