Re: bug in cabal from Debian ?

[Mikolaj Konarski <mikolaj.konarski@gmail.com>]

>From what I see, `--offline` is only fixed in cabal 3.10:

https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8676

For older cabals, you are probably only left
with the Setup interface (which is what Debian
normally uses IIRC).

On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 9:34 AM picca <picca@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Le 2024-06-01 00:12, Mikolaj Konarski a écrit :
> > Hi Fred,
> >
> >>   cabal build pkgname
> >>     Build the package named pkgname in the project
> >>   cabal build ./pkgfoo
> >>     Build the package in the ./pkgfoo directory
> >>   cabal build cname
> >>     Build the component named cname in the project
> >
> > I think in all these cases the package should be defined
> > in the project file (a single-line project file is enough).
> > Maybe it should say "Build the package mentioned
> > in the project and located in the ./pkgfoo directory"?
> >
>
> ok, I added a cabal.project with this
>
> packages: hkl.cabal
>
> it works.
>
> Now I have another issue.
>
> the build hang with cabal-install trying to connect to internet...
>
> I found that, I should add
>
> active-repositories: none
>
> But it seems that this does not solve this issue...
>
> I also put --offline on the command line.
>
> an idea ?
>
>
> thanks
>
>
> Fred
>