#303: cabal clean: Error while removing dist/: dist/setup: removeDirectory: unsatisified constraints (Directory not empty) ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: simonmar | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.4.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.3 | Platform: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): The problem here is with custom Setup.hs scripts that might want to do something for clean. A solution would be to be able to ask the Setup.hs to clean anything custom and let the calling tool (ie cabal-install) recursively delete the dist directory. On windows and nfs it's not easy for a program to delete itself and the directory it is running from. On the other hand, this kind of cooperation does not work well with custom build systems. See CustomBuildInterface. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/303#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects