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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-02-03 14:04:05 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-02-03 14:04:05 -0400
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+Followed the instructions over here: http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/git-annex_on_OSX/
+
+and had to install the following extra packages to be able to get make to start:
+
+[realizes pcre-light is needed but pcre not installed on my mac]
+sudo port install pcre
+sudo cabal install pcre-light
+But then I got the following error:
+
+ghc -O2 -Wall --make git-annex
+[ 7 of 52] Compiling BackendTypes ( BackendTypes.hs, BackendTypes.o
+
+BackendTypes.hs:71:17:
+ No instance for (Arbitrary Char)
+ arising from a use of `arbitrary' at BackendTypes.hs:71:17-25
+ Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (Arbitrary Char)
+ In a stmt of a 'do' expression: backendname <- arbitrary
+ In the expression:
+ do backendname <- arbitrary
+ keyname <- arbitrary
+ return $ Key (backendname, keyname)
+ In the definition of `arbitrary':
+ arbitrary = do backendname <- arbitrary
+ keyname <- arbitrary
+ return $ Key (backendname, keyname)
+make: *** [git-annex] Error 1
+
+My knowledge of Haskell (had to lookup the spelling...) is more than rudimentary so any help would be appreciated.