#693: Missing instructions for running Cabal's testsuite ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: tibbe | Owner: Type: defect | Status: reopened Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: unknown Ghcversion: | Platform: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- 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. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/693#comment:7 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects