[Hackage] #193: add a --with-package-conf= flag to configure
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Fri Feb 29 18:30:46 EST 2008
#193: add a --with-package-conf= flag to configure
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Reporter: duncan | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.4
Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0
Severity: normal | Resolution: fixed
Keywords: | Difficulty: easy (<4 hours)
Ghcversion: 6.8.1 | Platform:
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Changes (by duncan):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => fixed
Comment:
Replying to [comment:3 duncan]:
> It still needs proper testing and documenting in the user guide. Marking
this remaining task as easy.
Now documented and people have been using it and it seems to work ok.
> We should also consider if the --user and --global flags to the install
and register commands still make sense with the slight change in semantics
of those flags in the configure step.
I'm not at all convinced that these flags make sense. I think changing the
package db to register into after building is a very unsafe thing to do.
There is no guarantee that the dependent packages exist or that if they do
that they are ABI compatible with the ones that we built against. I think
we should deprecate the feature. If people want to do it anyway we provide
a way to generate the package registration file already.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/193#comment:4>
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