On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 15:34:10 -0400, Mark Stosberg wrote: > I'm a bit confused then. The darcs README. Says to run "configure" then > "build" then "install" in that order. It sounds like you are saying that > only "install" is required. > > From the darcs README: > > $ cabal configure > $ cabal build > $ cabal install
I think it may be a good idea to change the README to advise just doing cabal install so that folks don't run into the problem of missing dependencies. > Anyway, "cabal install" fails for me too: > > $ cabal install > Warning: No remote package servers have been specified. Usually you would have Oh, hmm. What happens if you do cabal update, followed by cabal install? > My hope is that darcs can be installable using "cabal" without users > having to find and read any other documentation besides the "README" > or "INSTALL" file, including reading separate documentation on setting > up remote servers for use with cabal. I agree! Thanks for helping us with this. The problem is that for people in the Haskell community, this stuff becomes a bit second nature, so it's easy to forget to document things well enough for non-Haskellers to get started :-) -- Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow> PGP Key ID: 08AC04F9
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