[Hackage] #932: Add cabal run

[Hackage]

#932: Add cabal run
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  Reporter:  tibbe          |        Owner:                    
      Type:  enhancement    |       Status:  new               
  Priority:  low            |    Milestone:  cabal-install-0.16
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.10.2.0          
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:                    
Difficulty:  unknown        |   Ghcversion:                    
  Platform:                 |  
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Changes (by kosmikus):

  * priority:  normal => low
  * type:  defect => enhancement
  * milestone:  => cabal-install-0.16


Old description:

> It would be have a new command, `cabal run`, that builds and runs the
> executable defined in the package. If there are several executables the
> user can specify which one to use as `cabal run foo`.

New description:

 It would be nice to have a new command, `cabal run`, that builds and runs
 the executable defined in the package. If there are several executables
 the user can specify which one to use as `cabal run foo`.

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Comment:

 Can you provide motivation why this isn't just added complexity in the
 cabal tool? Where's the advantage compared to building and running as
 separate steps?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/932#comment:1>
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