[Hackage] #693: Missing instructions for running Cabal's testsuite

[Hackage]

#693: Missing instructions for running Cabal's testsuite
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  Reporter:  tibbe          |        Owner:          
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  reopened
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:          
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  HEAD    
  Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:          
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  unknown 
Ghcversion:                 |     Platform:          
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Changes (by duncan):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 ttuegel]:
 > Actually, I don't think you can test an in-place version of Cabal this
 way.  Yes, the main testsuite program will be compiled against the new
 version of Cabal, but some (most?) of the tests compile and run their own
 Setup.hs files, which will pick up the _installed_ version of Cabal
 instead of the version you _think_ you are testing.

 You're quite right. We would have to extend the tests to take the inplace
 package db as a parameter. It's probably not worth it. The README should
 just recommend to register the Cabal package under test.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/693#comment:7>
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