Hello Albert, thanks for this! Please don't be reluctant with this, it is very appreciated.
I have updated the script to use the paths as you described, and it seems to work quite well. The fact that all tars land under package/ even makes is easier to use. It would be great if you could give it another try. Niklas On 17/06/13 02:42, Albert Y. C. Lai wrote: > On 13-06-13 11:09 AM, Niklas Hambüchen wrote: >> https://github.com/nh2/custom-hackage >> >> An (almost trivial) script to generate 00-index.tar.gz which is >> necessary to run your own `remote-repo`. > > I write the following critique with much reluctance, since I will be > saying a lot of "this cannot possibly work, here is why", but I would > also like to think that it had worked for you before you published it. > > Assume the remote-repo line goes like > > remote-repo: custom:http://127.0.0.1:8080/packages/archive > > And assume it has just one package, formula-1.1 > > Then your scheme uses this layout: > > http://127.0.0.1:8080/00-index.tar.gz > http://127.0.0.1:8080/packages/archive/formula/1.1/formula-1.1.tar.gz > > However, cabal-install expects this layout: > > http://127.0.0.1:8080/packages/archive/00-index.tar.gz > http://127.0.0.1:8080/packages/archive/package/formula-1.1.tar.gz > > I know this by both reading cabal-install source code and empirical > tests, both 0.14 and 1.16. > > I have a working example at > http://www.vex.net/~trebla/haskell/conrepo > > Lastly, I want to emphasize these points: > > The layout is different from Hackage's; cabal-install source code > hardcodes treating Hackage differently. Yes, it goes out of its way to > detect "http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive"; and do a different > thing. Mimicking Hackage is futile, unless you go out of your way to > also mimic the host name "hackage.haskell.org". > > And the layout is different from local-repo's; local-repo's is in fact > close to Hackage's. > > See my > http://www.vex.net/~trebla/haskell/cabal-cabal.xhtml#remote-repo > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
