<socket: 8>: hClose: resource vanished (Broken pipe)

[psibi]

I get the following error when I try to install a package using latest cabal:

Resolving dependencies...
sibi::sibi-desktop { ~/sandbox-test }-> cabal install --only-dependencies
Downloading attoparsec-0.12.1.0...
Failed to install attoparsec-0.12.1.0
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
attoparsec-0.12.1.0 failed while downloading the package. The exception was:
<socket: 8>: hClose: resource vanished (Broken pipe)

Cabal version used:

sibi::sibi-desktop { ~/sandbox-test }-> cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.20.0.2
using version 1.20.0.1 of the Cabal library

Additional information: I'm working under proxy. If I switch to older version of cabal (the one shipped with Ubuntu distribution), It installs the package without any problem.

Let me know if you need any additional information.

[psibi]

It is working if I connect to the Internet directly. (Just verified)

[tibbe]

Does this always happen? It looks like your connection was dropped, which leads to a "broken pipe" error.

[psibi]

@tibbe Yes, it always happen.

If I remove the new version and re-install the cabal which was distributed with my distribution, it starts working again.

[tibbe]

Could you run with -v3 and see if it tells you anything. Looking at the HTTP traffic on the wire (e.g. using Wireshark) might tell you if something funky is going on with the proxying. I cannot really debug this from here.

[psibi]

Everything now works after I started testing with -v3. (although it doesn't make sense.)

Closing the ticket as I'm not able to reproduce it anymore. Will re-open it, in case I'm able to reproduce this under certain conditions.

I'm not sure why it started working all of the sudden. But I have been facing the same problem from the day I upgraded to the latest version.

[psibi]

Ok, this bug has started to reappear again. This is the full log I get with -v3 option:

sibi::sibi-desktop { ~/snapshot-analysis }-> cabal -v3 install --only-dependencies
Searching for ghc in path.
Found ghc at /usr/bin/ghc
("/usr/bin/ghc",["--numeric-version"])
/usr/bin/ghc is version 7.6.2
looking for tool ghc-pkg near compiler in /usr/bin
found ghc-pkg in /usr/bin/ghc-pkg
("/usr/bin/ghc-pkg",["--version"])
/usr/bin/ghc-pkg is version 7.6.2
("/usr/bin/ghc",["--supported-languages"])
("/usr/bin/ghc",["--info"])
Reading installed packages...
("/usr/bin/ghc-pkg",["dump","--global","-v0"])
("/usr/bin/ghc-pkg",["dump","--user","-v0"])
("/usr/bin/ghc",["--print-libdir"])
Reading available packages...
Warning: snapshot-analysis.cabal: Unknown fields: exposed-modules (line 20)
Fields allowed in this section:
main-is, buildable, build-tools, cpp-options, cc-options,
ld-options, pkgconfig-depends, frameworks, c-sources,
default-language, other-languages, default-extensions,
other-extensions, extensions, extra-libraries, extra-lib-dirs,
includes, install-includes, include-dirs, hs-source-dirs,
other-modules, ghc-prof-options, ghc-shared-options, ghc-options,
hugs-options, nhc98-options, jhc-options
Choosing modular solver.
Resolving dependencies...
[__0] trying: snapshot-analysis-0.1.0.0 (user goal)
[__1] trying: base-4.6.0.1/installed-e28... (dependency of snapshot-analysis-0.1.0.0)
[__2] trying: rts-1.0/installedbuil... (dependency of base-4.6.0.1/installed-e28...)
[__3] trying: integer-gmp-0.5.0.0/installed-49d... (dependency of base-4.6.0.1/installed-e28...)
[__4] trying: ghc-prim-0.3.0.0/installed-bd1... (dependency of base-4.6.0.1/installed-e28...)
[__5] trying: text-1.1.1.3/installed-0e8... (dependency of snapshot-analysis-0.1.0.0)
[__6] trying: deepseq-1.3.0.1/installed-5a5... (dependency of text-1.1.1.3/installed-0e8...)
[__7] trying: array-0.4.0.1/installed-bfd... (dependency of text-1.1.1.3/installed-0e8...)
[__8] trying: attoparsec-0.12.1.0/installed-5b4... (dependency of snapshot-analysis-0.1.0.0)
[__9] trying: scientific-0.3.2.1/installed-3ff... (dependency of attoparsec-0.12.1.0/installed-5b4...)
[_10] trying: hashable-1.2.2.0/installed-a0a... (dependency of scientific-0.3.2.1/installed-3ff...)
[_11] trying: containers-0.5.0.0/installed-835... (dependency of attoparsec-0.12.1.0/installed-5b4...)
[_12] trying: bytestring-0.10.0.2/installed-3da... (dependency of snapshot-analysis-0.1.0.0)
[_13] next goal: parsec (dependency of snapshot-analysis-0.1.0.0)
[_13] rejecting: parsec-3.1.3/installed-e11... (conflict: text==1.1.1.3/installed-0e8..., parsec => text==0.11.2.3/installed-86f...)
[_13] trying: parsec-3.1.5
[_14] trying: mtl-2.1.2/installed-36f... (dependency of parsec-3.1.5)
[_15] trying: transformers-0.3.0.0/installed-404... (dependency of mtl-2.1.2/installed-36f...)
[_16] trying: parsec-3.1.5:+base4
[_17] done
Ready to install parsec-3.1.5
Waiting for install task to finish...
Downloading parsec-3.1.5...
Sending:
GET
http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/parsec/3.1.5/parsec-3.1.5.tar.gz
HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: cabal-install/1.20.0.2 (linux; x86_64)
Host: hackage.haskell.org

proxy uri host: 127.0.0.1, port: :3129
Creating new connection to 127.0.0.1:3129
Received:
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Server: nginx/1.6.0
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 13:39:28 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Location: /package/parsec-3.1.5/parsec-3.1.5.tar.gz
Content-Length: 0
Age: 3
Via: 1.1 localhost.localdomain
Connection: close

301 - redirect
Redirecting to
http://hackage.haskell.org/package/parsec-3.1.5/parsec-3.1.5.tar.gz ...
Sending:
GET http://hackage.haskell.org/package/parsec-3.1.5/parsec-3.1.5.tar.gz
HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: cabal-install/1.20.0.2 (linux; x86_64)
Host: hackage.haskell.org

proxy uri host: 127.0.0.1, port: :3129
Recovering connection to 127.0.0.1:3129
Failed to install parsec-3.1.5
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
parsec-3.1.5 failed while downloading the package. The exception was:
<socket: 8>: hClose: resource vanished (Broken pipe)

[psibi]

Adding some additional information:

My local proxy is 127.0.0.1:3129. ( I have set this up using cntlm software. ) Let me know if you need any other additional information.

[nomeata]

This seems to be a duplicate of #1602 and should go away with a fixed version of HTTP (see haskell/HTTP#14).

[psibi]

This issue still doesn't seem to be fixed in the latest version.

[jackmaney]

I'm using OS X 10.9.5, and I'm having the same problem.

$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.22.6.0
using version 1.22.4.0 of the Cabal library
$ ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.10.3

[arvidj]

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, and I'm having the same problem.

$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.22.9.0
using version 1.22.5.0 of the Cabal library 
$ ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.10.3

[insdami]

Same here

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release:	16.04
Codename:	xenial
$ ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.10.3
$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 1.22.6.0
using version 1.22.5.0 of the Cabal library 

[ezyang]

I'm going to reopen this.

[ezyang]

Maybe you are all running into haskell/HTTP#68 which is still open.

[ezyang]

See also #3073 which seems to be the recent ticket we are tracking.