subject:"\[Haskell\] PSA\: `cabal update` command needs manual unsticking"

Re: [Haskell] PSA: `cabal update` command needs manual unsticking

2018-01-02 Thread Michael Snoyman

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 11:47 AM, Sven Panne wrote: > 2018-01-02 2:24 GMT+01:00 Gershom B : > >> A recent update to hackage, which fixed up the 01-index.tar.gz file, >> revealed a bug in existing versions of cabal-install, when index files >> are cleaned

Re: [Haskell] PSA: `cabal update` command needs manual unsticking

2018-01-02 Thread Sven Panne

2018-01-02 2:24 GMT+01:00 Gershom B : > A recent update to hackage, which fixed up the 01-index.tar.gz file, > revealed a bug in existing versions of cabal-install, when index files > are cleaned up. This bug means that the `cabal update` command, which > updates the hackage

[Haskell] PSA: `cabal update` command needs manual unsticking

2018-01-01 Thread Gershom B

Dear Haskellers, A recent update to hackage, which fixed up the 01-index.tar.gz file, revealed a bug in existing versions of cabal-install, when index files are cleaned up. This bug means that the `cabal update` command, which updates the hackage index file, will fail silently and leave the old