#169: Add --version ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install | Version: 1.2.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.6 | Platform: Linux ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): Now done. {{{ $ cabal --help Usage: cabal [GLOBAL FLAGS] or: cabal COMMAND [FLAGS] Global flags: -h --help Show this help text -V --version Print version information --numeric-version Print just the version number Commands: install Installs a list of packages. info Emit some info about dependency resolution list List available packages on the server (cached). update Updates list of known packages fetch Downloads packages for later installation or study. configure Prepare to build the package. build Make this package ready for installation. copy Copy the files into the install locations. haddock Generate Haddock HTML documentation. clean Clean up after a build. sdist Generate a source distribution file (.tar.gz). hscolour Generate HsColour colourised code, in HTML format. register Register this package with the compiler. test Run the test suite, if any (configure with UserHooks). Typical step for installing Cabal packages: cabal install [PACKAGES] Occasionally you need to update the list of available packages: cabal update For more information about a command, try 'cabal COMMAND --help'. This program is the command line interface to the Haskell Cabal Infrastructure. See http://www.haskell.org/cabal/ for more information. }}} {{{ $ cabal --version cabal-install version 0.4.1 using version 1.3.2 of the Cabal library }}} {{{ $ cabal --numeric-version 0.4.1 }}} -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/169#comment:3 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects