On 17/01/2012 19:31, Mark Stosberg wrote: >> Thanks for this! Here's my result from attempting to install it on >> FreeBSD 8.1 with cabal 0.10.2: >> >> $ cabal install darcs-beta --extra-lib-dirs=/usr/local/lib >> Resolving dependencies... >> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: >> darcs-beta-2.7.98.2 failed while unpacking the package. The >> exception was: >> user error (File in tar archive is not in the expected directory >> "darcs-beta-2.7.98.2") >> >> I have the same problems. I solved it going to the hackage page and >> download the .tar.gz package, unpacking it and doing 'cabal install' >> from inside the resulting directory. >> >> The hackage page is here: >> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/darcs-beta > > Josef, > > Thanks for that tip. Were you also on FreeBSD, or another platform. Is > this a cabal bug or a darcs problem?
It looks like the tarball is broken. I'm investigating how it got made that way (candidates include darcs' slightly wacky release script, and the fact that I think I was using a devel version of cabal to build it.) Sorry for the inconvenience, I'll upload a new beta as soon as I can. Ganesh _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list darcs-users@darcs.net http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
