[Haskell-cafe] Re: A cabal odyssey

2010-08-16 Thread Kevin Jardine
The latest version of the Haskell Platform is Haskell Platform 2010.2.0.0. However, even with the latest version, cabal install cabal-install installs cabal in the wrong place (not in extralibs/bin) under Windows at least so it is impossible to upgrade cabal. Having said that perhaps it is for

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: A cabal odyssey

2010-08-16 Thread Don Stewart
On Aug 16, 9:27 pm, Andrew Coppin andrewcop...@btinternet.com wrote: And so today, just for giggles, I tried to get Sifflet to work. Along the way, I encountered a number of... glitches, if you will. First of all, I tried to get it to work on Windows. I fired up a new Windows VM and

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: A cabal odyssey

2010-08-16 Thread Andrew Coppin
Don Stewart wrote: Can I ask why you chose 2010.1.0.0 ? That's easy; the installer is already on my harddrive. I hope the download site for the HP isn't leading people astray. Nope. I just hadn't noticed that what I downloaded a few months ago was no longer the latest, that's all.

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: A cabal odyssey

2010-08-16 Thread Andrew Coppin
Kevin Jardine wrote: The latest version of the Haskell Platform is Haskell Platform 2010.2.0.0. However, even with the latest version, cabal install cabal-install installs cabal in the wrong place (not in extralibs/bin) under Windows at least so it is impossible to upgrade cabal. Well,