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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Alex ter Weele <alex.ter.weele@gmail.com>
Cc: 29858@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29858: guix import hackage monadplus fails with a syntax error.
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:58:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87efn91po1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPWBkuZgW5hevpR7YogNwQDw7NzEu2mSQiyib01gs3cFY2Va3Q@mail.gmail.com> (Alex ter Weele's message of "Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:40:02 -0500")

Hi Alex,

Alex ter Weele <alex.ter.weele@gmail.com> skribis:

> Here is what I tried:
>
>   $ guix import hackage monadplus
>   Syntax error: unexpected end of input
>   guix import: error: failed to download cabal file for package 'monadplus'
>
> I also tried manually downloading the cabal file and importing that:
>
>   $ guix import hackage -s < ~/Downloads/monadplus.cabal
>   Syntax error: unexpected end of input
>   guix import: error: failed to import cabal file from standard input

Could this be a duplicate of <https://bugs.gnu.org/25138>?

Essentially our Cabal parser doesn’t support the full syntax, which is
why some imports fail.  Would be nice to fix!

Ludo’.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-01-01 16:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-26 17:40 bug#29858: guix import hackage monadplus fails with a syntax error Alex ter Weele
2018-01-01 16:58 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2018-02-25 16:34 ` bug#29858: Status: " Alex ter Weele
2018-02-26 15:16   ` Ludovic Courtès

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