[Hackage] #427: how to access temporary build-files/logs?

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#427: how to access temporary build-files/logs?
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  Reporter:  claus          |        Owner:         
      Type:  enhancement    |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.6.0.1
  Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:         
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  normal 
Ghcversion:  6.8.3          |     Platform:         
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Comment (by duncan):

 Replying to [comment:2 claus]:

 > Nothing random there, just the ability to continue from the point of
 failure. Your build log tells you what commands cabal used. One of them
 failed. You edit the command line to see whether you can fix the issue.
 But to run and test the modified commandline, you need the temporary build
 directory in the state in which that previous command failed. Once your
 modified command succeeds, you know whether you need to fix your package
 or cabal or ghc or ..

 Normally we should use a new randomly generated temp directory, since
 we're creating tmp dirs inside of a globally writable dir.

 So the first issue for restarting a build like that is knowing what build
 dir to use. The next issue is that we would be re-running commands so
 that's not continuing from the point of failure.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/427#comment:3>
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