Data files for test suites

[Johan Tibell]

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Antoine Latter <aslatter at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Cabal,
>
> Is their a recommended way of specifying data files to use with a test-suite?
>
> I want to test being able to parse binary data in a backwards
> compatible way, so would like the test data to be in source control.
>
> My current plan is to assume that the working directory in a test
> suite is always going to by the same directory as my .cabal file.

The way data-files currently work in Cabal is a bit unfortunate. It
would be better if they were per build target (i.e. library,
executable, test-suite) instead of per package.

-- Johan