[Hackage] #523: Config file not automatically generated if
symlink-bindir is only item in config
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Fri Mar 13 14:29:29 EDT 2009
#523: Config file not automatically generated if symlink-bindir is only item in
config
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.2
Severity: minor | Keywords: config
Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion:
Platform: |
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I just spent an hour trying to make cabal-install work. After reading the
README, I specified the symlink-bindir in the config file. The file did
not exist so I created it. Then, when I executed an update, cabal
complained that there was no specified repos. I searched and could not
find what variable I needed to define in the config file. Then, after
skimming the cabal source code, I noticed that the config file is
automatically generated if it does not exist. So I deleted it and now all
is fine because it was automatically generated.
So by following the README instructions by specifying a symlink-bindir
variable in a config file I created, I was unable to make cabal work.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/523>
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