Thanks, I seem to have got that to work On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Edward Z. Yang <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oh, because Cabal HQ hasn't cut a release yet. > > Try installing out of Git. https://github.com/haskell/cabal/ > > Edward > > Excerpts from George Colpitts's message of 2015-01-01 14:23:50 -0500: > > I still have 7.8.3 but it doesn't seem to want to build the latest cabal: > > > > ghc --version > > The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.8.3 > > bash-3.2$ cabal install cabal-install > > Resolving dependencies... > > Configuring cabal-install-1.20.0.6... > > Building cabal-install-1.20.0.6... > > Installed cabal-install-1.20.0.6 > > Updating documentation index > > /Users/gcolpitts/Library/Haskell/share/doc/index.html > > > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Edward Z. Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If you still have your old GHC around, it will be much better to > > > compile the newest cabal-install using the *old GHC*, and then > > > use that copy to bootstrap a copy of the newest cabal-install. > > > > > > Edward > > > > > > Excerpts from George Colpitts's message of 2015-01-01 12:08:44 -0500: > > > > $ > > > > cabal update > > > > Downloading the latest package list from hackage.haskell.org > > > > Note: *there is a new version of cabal-install available.* > > > > To upgrade, run: cabal install cabal-install > > > > bash-3.2$ *cabal install -j3 cabal-install * > > > > *...* > > > > > > > > > > > > *Resolving dependencies...cabal: Could not resolve dependencies:* > > > > trying: cabal-install-1.20.0.6 (user goal) > > > > trying: base-4.8.0.0/installed-779... (dependency of > > > cabal-install-1.20.0.6) > > > > next goal: process (dependency of cabal-install-1.20.0.6) > > > > rejecting: process-1.2.1.0/installed-2db... (conflict: unix==2.7.1.0, > > > > process > > > > => unix==2.7.1.0/installed-4ae...) > > > > trying: process-1.2.1.0 > > > > next goal: directory (dependency of cabal-install-1.20.0.6) > > > > rejecting: directory-1.2.1.1/installed-b08... (conflict: directory => > > > > time==1.5.0.1/installed-c23..., cabal-install => time>=1.1 && <1.5) > > > > rejecting: directory-1.2.1.0 (conflict: base== > 4.8.0.0/installed-779..., > > > > directory => base>=4.5 && <4.8) > > > > rejecting: directory-1.2.0.1, 1.2.0.0 (conflict: > > > > base==4.8.0.0/installed-779..., directory => base>=4.2 && <4.7) > > > > rejecting: directory-1.1.0.2 (conflict: base== > 4.8.0.0/installed-779..., > > > > directory => base>=4.2 && <4.6) > > > > rejecting: directory-1.1.0.1 (conflict: base== > 4.8.0.0/installed-779..., > > > > directory => base>=4.2 && <4.5) > > > > rejecting: directory-1.1.0.0 (conflict: base== > 4.8.0.0/installed-779..., > > > > directory => base>=4.2 && <4.4) > > > > rejecting: directory-1.0.1.2, 1.0.1.1, 1.0.1.0, 1.0.0.3, 1.0.0.0 > > > (conflict: > > > > process => directory>=1.1 && <1.3) > > > > Dependency tree exhaustively searched. > > > >
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