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+Seems the last few commits have borked 'cabal configure' on OSX with the following error message
+
+<pre>
+[jtang@laplace git-annex (master)]$ cabal configure 
+Resolving dependencies...
+
+Build/InstallDesktopFile.hs:19:8:
+    Could not find module `Assistant.OSX'
+    Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.
+</pre>
+
+Looks like a missing module.