2008/9/1 Marc Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 12:01:49PM +0200, minh thu wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've followed the instruction from the upcoming book Real World >> Haskell to install cabal. >> >> Now, when I enter "cabal update", it answers this: >> >> Downloading package list from server >> 'http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive' >> cabal: getHostByName: does not exist (no such host entry) > > Not sure which libraries you (cabal) is using here. > On some debian System there has been a dns issue. > You should check wether the tool is using the curl bindings http library > and look for this problem in forums of your distro. > Maybe try curl <url> That gives > That gives: ... The document has moved > to http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/ (note the last slash) > for me. > > Maybe also try adding the ip of hackage.haskell.org to /etc/hosts for a > temporary workaround ? > > You should also tell us which operating system you are using.
Hi, $ curl hackage.haskell.org gives me the 301 Moved Permanently too. adding 69.30.63.197 hackage.haskell.org to /etc/hosts doesn't change anything. Some info : $ cabal --version cabal-install version 0.5.2 using version 1.4.0.2 of the Cabal library I'm using Kubuntu Gutsy. Thanks, Thu _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
