{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/139","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/139/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/139/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/139/events","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/139","id":40190441,"number":139,"title":"'cabal install' fails with fresh install of 2014.2.0.0 for Windows, 64bit","user":{"login":"vesten","id":4096513,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4096513?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten","html_url":"https://github.com/vesten","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vesten/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/labels/Windows","name":"Windows","color":"bfd4f2"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"23Skidoo","id":47439,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47439?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo","html_url":"https://github.com/23Skidoo","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/23Skidoo/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":15,"created_at":"2014-08-13T19:33:08Z","updated_at":"2015-07-09T21:21:20Z","closed_at":"2014-08-26T21:52:16Z","body":"Running the installer for 2014.2.0.0 and accepting all defaults on a Windows Vista Enterprise SP2 (work machine, not my fault) machine, then 'cabal update', then 'cabal install cabal-install' results in:\r\n\r\n    >cabal install cabal-install\r\n      Resolving dependencies...\r\n      Configuring cabal-install-1.20.0.3...\r\n      Failed to install cabal-install-1.20.0.3\r\n      Last 10 lines of the build log ( C:\\Users\\... ):\r\n      Configuring cabal-install-1.20.0.3...\r\n      setup-Cabal-1.18.1.3-x86_64-windows-ghc-7.8.3.exe: does not exist\r\n      cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:\r\n      cabal-install-1.20.0.3 failed during the configure step. The exception was:\r\n      ExitFailure 1\r\n\r\nHowever,\r\n    ...\\AppData\\Roaming\\cabal\\setup-exe-cache\\setup-Cabal-1.18.1.3-x86_64-windows-ghc-7.8.3.exe exists.\r\n\r\nAlso, uninstalling 64bit and similarly installing 32bit 2014.2.0.0 does not exhibit this problem."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/comments/120147558","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/139#issuecomment-120147558","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/139","id":120147558,"user":{"login":"randen","id":7789280,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7789280?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen","html_url":"https://github.com/randen","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/randen/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-09T21:21:20Z","updated_at":"2015-07-09T21:21:20Z","body":"CThuleHansen, there seem to be a couple of problems tangled in this one issue, so it is not clear to me which problem here you might be having.  Could you review the various problems above and see which one it is that you are having, and possibly try some of the noted work-arounds mentioned in this issue, or please submit a new issue if you are having a problem that sounds like the title of this issue but has different details."}}