#431: Distribution.Make requires to use sudo and --global
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Reporter: shelarcy | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.1
Severity: normal | Keywords: wxHaskell
Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.10.1
Platform: |
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wxHaskell is heavily depends on self generated file. So, wxHaskell uses
Distribution.Make to cabalize wxcore package now. But it causes trouble
when using cabal command to install wxHaskell (wx and wxcore) from
Hackage.
Distribution.Make and cabal don't path any package databases options to
configure script. So, we can't install wxHaskell (wx package)
straightforward way. We must use following horrible command.
{{{
sudo cabal install wxcore --global
cabal install wx
}}}
See
[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2407551&group_id=73133&atid=536845
wxHaskell's bug tracker #2407551] and [http://www.mail-archive.com
/wxhaskell-devel at lists.sourceforge.net/msg00319.html wxhaskell-devel's
thread].
Note: I tried to fix this problem by Custom Setup.lhs and
Distribution.Make.WX. Attached file is that. But I can't get any package
database information from Cabal and cabal. I checked configPackageDB
flag's value by using unsafePerformIO.
{{{
optPackageDB = unsafePerformIO (print (configPackageDB flag) >> return [])
}}}
It always shows just NoFlag. Neither supplying package database option and
cabal command affect that.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/431>
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