See the very recent conversation here: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/arch-haskell/2013-May/002347.html
/M On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Nicholas Gomez <ngomez....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > This is my first post here. I am somewhat new to Arch, Haskell, and mailing > lists in general so if this isn't the appropriate place to post, please let > me know. I've done plenty of Google searches prior to posting here and all > research has come up dry. > > I have been trying for a few days to install the Snap web framework via > pacman (cabal seems to be a sub-optimal route to take due to a lack of > synergy with pacman). Following all steps from the Arch Wiki and GitHub, > I've configured my /etc/pacman.conf file to include the [haskell-web] > repository. However, upon doing "pacman -S haskell-snap", I get a flood of > messages in the form of "warning: cannot resolve <x>, a dependency of <y>". > A couple of these messages stood out to me because of the GHC version it > appeared to list, e.g. "warning: cannot resolve "ghc=7.6.2-1", a dependency > of "haskell-zlib-enum"". > > Now, I recall before trying to install haskell-snap doing a "pacman -Syu" to > bring the system up to date. Included in this update was a GHC update to > 7.6.3. My best assumption at this point is that the standard [haskell-core] > repository was fully updated with this version upgrade, but [haskell-web] > was not since it appears that [haskell-web] is independently maintained by a > volunteer. Thus, it's simply a matter of the packages maintained in > [haskell-web] must be recompiled with the new version of GHC and other > dependencies in [haskell-core]. > > Are my assumptions correct? If so, is [haskell-web] still being maintained > thus a matter of "relax and be patient"? Or am I better off going the cabal > install route? Perhaps investigate rolling back to an older version of GHC? > Forgive me if this is all elementary and common knowledge as I am > unfamiliar with "standard procedure" for Haskell in the Arch Linux > environment. Thank you for your time. > > -Nick Gomez > > _______________________________________________ > arch-haskell mailing list > arch-haskell@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-haskell > -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: mag...@therning.org jabber: mag...@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus _______________________________________________ arch-haskell mailing list arch-haskell@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-haskell
