#493: counterintuitive syntax of .cabal/config file ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ I wanted to change the default so that profiling libraries were always built. So I edited the ~/.cabal/config file as follows: OLD: {{{ -- library-vanilla: True -- library-profiling: False -- shared: False }}} NEW: {{{ -- library-vanilla: True library-profiling: True -- shared: False }}} I assumed that the --'s were Haskell comment syntax and indicated defaults, and that by removing them I could change an option. This didn't work. After a while I discovered that I had to do it this way: NEW, Version 2: {{{ -- library-vanilla: True library-profiling: True -- shared: False }}} This time it worked. But this wouldn't have been my first guess from looking at the config file, and I didn't find anywhere to look for documentation on the config file's format. (It would be helpful if this were available as an option in 'cabal help'. Maybe it is, and I didn't see it?) cabal-install version 0.6.0 using version 1.6.0.1 of the Cabal library -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/493 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects