#663: Setup.hs doesn't look into ~/.cabal/bin for build tools.
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Reporter: Axel Simon | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.3
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Ghcversion:
Platform: |
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Cabal currently only checks the current PATH for buildtools. If the user
installs and new pre-processor with the default --user installation, these
tools wind up in ~/.cabal/bin. However, cabal doesn't find these unless
~/.cabal/bin has been added to the PATH. This is irritating since it is
then not possible to make a library depend on a cabal package that
contains it's build tools: Even if cabal-install installs the build tools
first, building the library still fails since the tools cannot be found.
The solution is very simple: Add ~/.cabal/bin to the search path when
looking for build tools!
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/663>
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