[Haskell-beginners] Cabal build dependency using a git repo

[Michael Baker]

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Peter Jones <mlists at pmade.com> wrote:
>
> Michael Baker <michaeltbaker at gmail.com> writes:
> > I have a library which isn't on Hackage that I would like to use as a
build
> > dependency in another project. In Rubygems you can provide a git
repository
> > in the absence of an actual Rubygems repository.
>
> Use a git submodule (or place the source code to the package anywhere on
> your file system) then use `cabal sandbox add-source <path>`.  Provided
> of course that you're using cabal sandboxes.

What is commonly done if you aren't using sandboxes? I would rather not use
them in an effort to make installing this project easier on my users,
because the current Haskell Platform doesn't have sandboxes yet.
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