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Subject: bug#29858: guix import hackage monadplus fails with a syntax error.
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:58:54 +0100
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To: Alex ter Weele <alex.ter.weele@gmail.com>
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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 'monadplu=
s'
>
> 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=E2=80=99t support the full syntax, which=
 is
why some imports fail.  Would be nice to fix!

Ludo=E2=80=99.