GHC 6.12 changed the format of the internal package database. Only cabal-install 0.8 can read this format properly. Version 0.8 is only available on Hackage, the binaries available are cabal-install 0.6.2. I assume part of the platform release effort is to create new cabal-install binaries.
On 4 March 2010 18:41, Andrew Coppin <andrewcop...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Peter Verswyvelen wrote: >> >> Using GHC 6.12.1 on Windows currently is hard, since one must compile >> the latest version of cabal-install, which is a nightmare to do for a >> typical windows user > > Out of curiosity, why do you need to compile the latest version of > cabal-install? Why can't you use the precompiled one? > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > -- Push the envelope. Watch it bend. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
