Repository : ssh://darcs.haskell.org//srv/darcs/packages/Cabal On branch :
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/8fab6dfaa04d2d046dab026be8000ababc7d773d >--------------------------------------------------------------- commit 8fab6dfaa04d2d046dab026be8000ababc7d773d Author: Duncan Coutts <[email protected]> Date: Fri Dec 18 17:34:59 2009 +0000 Update the README >--------------------------------------------------------------- cabal-install/README | 13 +++++++------ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/cabal-install/README b/cabal-install/README index b5d8203..8c7053c 100644 --- a/cabal-install/README +++ b/cabal-install/README @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ come with a standard ghc installation. It requires the `network` package, which is sometimes packaged separately by Linux distributions, for example on debian or ubuntu it is in "libghc6-network-dev". -It requires three other Haskell packages that are not always installed: +It requires a few other Haskell packages that are not always installed: - * Cabal (version 1.6 or later) + * Cabal (version 1.8 or later) * HTTP (version 4000 or later) * zlib (version 0.4 or later) @@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ development package using your system package manager, for example on debian or ubuntu it is in "zlib1g-dev". It is needed is because the Haskell zlib package uses the system zlib C library and header files. -In future, cabal-install will be part of the Haskell Platform so will not need -to be installed separately. In the mean time however you have to install it -manually. Since it is just an ordinary Cabal package it can be built in the -standard way, but to make it a bit easier we have partly automated the process: +The `cabal-install` package is now part of the Haskell Platform so you do not +usually need to install it separately. However if you are starting from a +minimal ghc installation then you need to install `cabal-install` manually. +Since it is just an ordinary Cabal package it can be built in the standard +way, but to make it a bit easier we have partly automated the process: Quickstart on Unix systems _______________________________________________ Cvs-libraries mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-libraries
