[darcs-users] darcs 2.3 beta 1: configure fails with GHC 6.8.3 on FreeBSD

[Eric Kow]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 13:49:58 -0400, Mark Stosberg wrote:
> - Now I returned to the darcs directory and did "cabal configure". 
>   It failed like this:
> 
>   Configuring darcs-2.2.98.1...
>   setup: At least the following dependencies are missing:
>   hashed-storage >=0.3.3.1 && <0.4 && >=0.3.3.1 && <0.4,
>   haskeline >=0.6.1 && <0.7 && >=0.6.1 && <0.7
 
> It would be great if there was a solution like cabal's "bootstrap.sh"
> which automates the fetching and building of dependencies.

Yep, that's exactly what the tool is made for.  The command you want is
"cabal install", which (unlike "cabal configure", fetches dependencies).

On the other hand, I have occasionally wanted to *just* install
dependencies and not the tool itself:
  http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/411

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Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow>
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