What steps will reproduce the problem? Download current git head (fa5100d) and run cabal update; cabal install --only-dependencies; cabal configure; cabal build What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Expect succcessful build, get: Assistant/Install.hs:24:8: Could not find module `Data.AssocList' It is a member of the hidden package `hxt-9.3.1.1'. Perhaps you need to add `hxt' to the build-depends in your .cabal file. Use -v to see a list of the files searched for. What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? building using cabal from clone of git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/, commit fa5100d (same problem happens with last release, 3.20121127). On OS X, "Lion". Please provide any additional information below. > [[done]], using Data.List instead now.