I think the reason it took longer to build HAppS-Server is that previously, when I was installing the MyProject example from happs.org I was using searchpath.
I guess searchpath doesn't compile every single haskell module, whereas runghc Setup build and cabal install does. 2008/5/29 Spencer Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 06:11:04PM -0700, Thomas Hartman wrote: >> After a little drama with zlib, I managed to get cabal-install installed. >> >> I then attempted to do >> >> cabal install HAppS-Server >> >> since this is a module with a lot of dependencies, and in rapid >> development flux, so perenially painful for me to install. >> >> The result is that I managed to install everything up to HAppS-State, >> which I think is the last dependency, but then seemed to hang >> indefinitely in the middle of installing HAppS-Server at the end. >> >> OK, I thought, then perhaps I can do normal runghc Setup.hs after >> downloading and unzipping the tar from >> >> http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/HAppS-Server-0.9.2.1 >> >> However, this resulted in error >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/haskellInstalls/smallInstalls/HAppS-Server-0.9.2.1>runghc >> Setup.hs configure >> ... >> Setup.hs: At least the following dependencies are missing: >> HAppS-Data >=0.9.2... >> >> Strange, because I had just installed that module via cabal-install, >> and I could load it in ghci with :m +HappS.Data. > > 'cabal install' installs packages to your user database by default. However, > 'Setup configure' only uses packages from the global database unless the > --user > flag is passed. > >> I then ran ghc-pkg and got this strange result that my packages were >> broken into two different files. Is this by design? >> >> ghc-pkg list >> /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.8.2/package.conf: >> Cabal-1.2.3.0, Cabal-1.3.11, Cabal-1.5.2, DeepArrow-0.2, >> .... >> /home/thartman/.ghc/i386-linux-6.8.2/package.conf: >> HAppS-Data-0.9.2.1, HAppS-IxSet-0.9.2.1, HAppS-State-0.9.2.1, > > Yep, this is by design. The first is a global database that will require root > access to modify. The second is your user database which you can modify > without root access. > >> I am curious if anybody else is able to install HAppS-Server using >> cabal install, and whether they can shed any light on the other isuses >> I raised. >> >> Thomas. > > I tried building HAppS-server the other day, and had a similar experience. It > seems that HAppS uses some incredibly elaborate TH/typeclass hacks that take > gobs of resources to compile -- my box actually ran out of memory attempting > to > build it. > > > Cheers, > Spencer Janssen > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe