On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 00:00, Svein Ove Aas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That aside, why not start downloading in the background, while it's > doing whatever you started cabal for? Assuming the network is working, > you should have an updated package list by the time it's done; > granted, it won't be used for *that* invocation, but next time you > invoke cabal it will. If the download fails, just ignore it.
Personally I don't like the idea: If we know that there is newer package list, why not use it? It feels somewhat unintuitive to me. All best Christophe Skrzętnicki
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