[Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#575608: [Hackage] #650: cabal-install clueless of previously installed lib with custom package-db

[Hackage]

#650: cabal-install clueless of previously installed lib with custom package-db
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  Reporter:  nomeata             |        Owner:     
      Type:  defect              |       Status:  new
  Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:     
 Component:  cabal-install tool  |      Version:     
  Severity:  normal              |     Keywords:     
Difficulty:  unknown             |   Ghcversion:     
  Platform:  Linux               |  
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 This bug was reported by a Debian user:

 {{{

 This seems to happen for any library that carried dependencies, not just
 parallel/deepseq.

 lane at biped:~/src/test $ cabal --version
 cabal-install version 0.8.0
 using version 1.8.0.2 of the Cabal library
 lane at biped:~/src/test $ cabal update
 Downloading the latest package list from hackage.haskell.org
 lane at biped:~/src/test $ echo "[]" > my-package-db
 lane at biped:~/src/test $ cabal install parallel --package-
 db="/home/lane/src/test/my-package-db"
 --prefix="/home/lane/src/test/prefix/"
 Resolving dependencies...
 Downloading deepseq-1.1.0.0...
 Configuring deepseq-1.1.0.0...
 Preprocessing library deepseq-1.1.0.0...
 Building deepseq-1.1.0.0...
 [1 of 1] Compiling Control.DeepSeq  ( Control/DeepSeq.hs,
 dist/build/Control/DeepSeq.o )
 Registering deepseq-1.1.0.0...
 Installing library in
 /home/lane/src/test/prefix//lib/deepseq-1.1.0.0/ghc-6.12.1
 Registering deepseq-1.1.0.0...
 Downloading parallel-2.2.0.1...
 Configuring parallel-2.2.0.1...
 Preprocessing library parallel-2.2.0.1...
 Building parallel-2.2.0.1...
 [1 of 2] Compiling Control.Parallel ( Control/Parallel.hs,
 dist/build/Control/Parallel.o )
 [2 of 2] Compiling Control.Parallel.Strategies (
 Control/Parallel/Strategies.hs, dist/build/Control/Parallel/Strategies.o )
 Registering parallel-2.2.0.1...
 cabal: parallel-2.2.0.1: dependency
 "deepseq-1.1.0.0-14fbf43e1c607f21a1eab1783c9c45d4" doesn't exist (use
 --force to override)
 cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
 parallel-2.2.0.1 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
 ExitFailure 1
 }}}

 Was he doing something wrong, or is this a bug in cabal-install?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/650>
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