GNU bug report logs - #29858
guix import hackage monadplus fails with a syntax error.

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Alex ter Weele <alex.ter.weele <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 23961

Done: Robert Vollmert <rob <at> vllmrt.net>

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Alex ter Weele <alex.ter.weele <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 29858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29858: guix import hackage monadplus fails with a syntax error.
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:58:54 +0100

Hi Alex,

Alex ter Weele <alex.ter.weele <at> 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’.
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