update cabal install instructions to get c2hs installed for gnuidn

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/bugs/Need_to_manually_install_c2hs_-_3.20121127_and_previous.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Need_to_manually_install_c2hs_-_3.20121127_and_previous.mdwn
index cdb4a25bf..924ce06c7 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/Need_to_manually_install_c2hs_-_3.20121127_and_previous.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Need_to_manually_install_c2hs_-_3.20121127_and_previous.mdwn
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ The fix seems as easy as
 
 Should c2hs be included as a dep got git-annex or is this a bug in gnuidn?
 
-> If `cabal install gnuidn` fails, then this is a bug in gnuidn. --[[Joey]]
+> Apparently cabal does not support automatically installing programs
+> needed for the build. I've updated the cabal installation instructions
+> to document the need to install c2hs. [[done]] --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn
index 180208211..c4c388e0d 100644
--- a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 As a haskell package, git-annex can be installed using cabal. For example:
 
 	cabal update
-        cabal install git-annex --bindir=$HOME/bin
+        cabal install c2hs git-annex --bindir=$HOME/bin
 
 The above downloads the latest release and installs it into a ~/bin/
 directory, which you can put in your PATH.
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ But maybe you want something newer (or older). Then [[download]] the version
 you want, and use cabal as follows inside its source tree:
 
 	cabal update
+	cabal install c2hs --bindir=$HOME/bin
 	cabal install --only-dependencies
 	cabal configure
 	cabal build