[darcs-users] 2.8 release rebooted (FreeBSD install feedback)

[Mark Stosberg]

>     Thanks for this!  Here's my result from attempting to install it on
>     FreeBSD 8.1 with cabal 0.10.2:
> 
>     $ cabal install darcs-beta --extra-lib-dirs=/usr/local/lib
>     Resolving dependencies...
>     cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>     darcs-beta-2.7.98.2 failed while unpacking the package. The
>     exception was:
>     user error (File in tar archive is not in the expected directory
>     "darcs-beta-2.7.98.2")
> 
> I have the same problems. I solved it going to the hackage page and
> download the .tar.gz package, unpacking it and doing 'cabal install'
> from inside the resulting directory.
> 
> The hackage page is here:
> http://hackage.haskell.org/package/darcs-beta

Josef,

Thanks for that tip. Were you also on FreeBSD, or another platform. Is
this a cabal bug or a darcs problem?

   Mark