[Haskell-cafe] Cabal install fails, don't understand why

[Volker Wysk]

Am Freitag, dem 29.03.2024 um 14:36 +0100 schrieb Francesco Ariis:
> Hello Volker,
> 
> Il 29 marzo 2024 alle 14:26 Volker Wysk ha scritto:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I've migrated my HsShellScript library to Cabal 3.0 and now I get an error
> > when I try to install it:
> > 
> > -----snip-----
> > desktop /usr/local/src/hsshellscript $ cabal install --user
> > Wrote tarball sdist to
> > /usr/local/src/hsshellscript/dist-newstyle/sdist/hsshellscript-3.6.0.tar.gz
> > Resolving dependencies...
> > Error: cabal: Cannot build the executables in the package hsshellscript
> > because it does not contain any executables. Check the .cabal file for the
> > package and make sure that it properly declares the components that you
> > expect.
> > -----snip-----
> 
> If you are trying to install a library, use
> 
>     cabal install --lib
> 
> and let us know if it worked as you expected

The install succeeds with "--lib". It had to be something stupid. It's been
three years since I used cabal and meanwhile things look like they moved
forward.

There are other errors, but they don't look cabal-related.

Thanks for your help.

Volker