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update instructions to work around https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/2371

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Also don't recommend using cabal unpack to get the source, since the git
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@ -14,14 +14,10 @@ In Debian, this is as simple as:
## downloading the source code ## downloading the source code
The easiest way is using git; see [[download]] or just: The easiest way is using git; see [[download]] or just run:
git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/ git-annex git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/ git-annex
Or, you can use cabal to get the source code:
cabal update; cabal unpack git-annex
## building from source on Debian ## building from source on Debian
This is the method used by git-annex's author, and so it's the one most This is the method used by git-annex's author, and so it's the one most
@ -44,20 +40,24 @@ It will be part of the Haskell Platform soon. On Debian unstable/testing:
sudo apt-get install haskell-stack zlib1g-dev libtinfo-dev sudo apt-get install haskell-stack zlib1g-dev libtinfo-dev
Use stack to install all dependencies and git-annex: Get the git-annex source code, and inside the source tree run:
stack setup stack setup
stack install git-annex stack install
Move git-annex into some directory that is in your PATH: Move git-annex into some directory that is in your PATH:
mv ~/.local/bin/git-annex ~/bin # or /usr/local/bin/ or whatever mv ~/.local/bin/git-annex ~/bin # or /usr/local/bin/ or whatever
(Why not run `stack install git-annex`? Because that causes stack to
[ignore git-annex's stack.yaml file](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/2371),
yielding a less reliable build.)
Note that this build produces a git-annex without the build flags Note that this build produces a git-annex without the build flags
XMPP, DBUS, and MagicMime. XMPP, DBUS, and MagicMime.
These optional features require installing additional C libraries. These optional features require installing additional C libraries.
To try to build with these features To try to build with these features
enabled, pass extra parameters when running stack: enabled, pass extra parameters when running stack install:
`--flag git-annex:XMPP --flag git-annex:DBUS --flag git-annex:MagicMime` `--flag git-annex:XMPP --flag git-annex:DBUS --flag git-annex:MagicMime`
## minimal build from source with cabal ## minimal build from source with cabal
@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Be warned that this involves building a lot of Haskell libraries from
source, and so it has a lot of moving parts, and it's not uncommon for it source, and so it has a lot of moving parts, and it's not uncommon for it
to be broken from time to time. to be broken from time to time.
Inside the source tree, run: Get the git-annex source code, and inside the source tree, run:
cabal install -j -f"-assistant -webapp -webdav -pairing -xmpp -dns -dbus -magicmime" --only-dependencies cabal install -j -f"-assistant -webapp -webdav -pairing -xmpp -dns -dbus -magicmime" --only-dependencies
cabal configure -f"-assistant -webapp -webdav -pairing -xmpp -dns -dbus -magicmime" cabal configure -f"-assistant -webapp -webdav -pairing -xmpp -dns -dbus -magicmime"