patch applied (cabal): Change --configure-option= to
--configure-arg=
Ross Paterson
ross at soi.city.ac.uk
Sun Sep 2 09:09:43 EDT 2007
On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 01:56:45PM +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 01:53 +0100, Ross Paterson wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 05:33:26PM -0700, Duncan Coutts wrote:
> > > Sat Sep 1 17:33:34 PDT 2007 Duncan Coutts <duncan at haskell.org>
> > > * Change --configure-option= to --configure-arg=
> > > For consitency with other flags.
> >
> > Also --ghc-option for build and makefile. These are used by GHC only;
> > I wonder if the configure option would be a substitute.
>
> Or configure's --ghc-arg flag. I'll ask Ian if we still need those
> build/makefile --ghc-option flags.
Sorry, that's what I meant.
> > I forgot that the file format includes XXX-options fields, which might
> > be a source of confusion.
>
> Mm, good point. We can't change those of course. What do you think we
> should do?
I think it argues for --PROG-option(s). The -args options weren't
documented, so they didn't exist.
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