#568: option -b has no effect ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: wontfix Keywords: | Difficulty: unknown Ghcversion: | Platform: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Changes (by duncan): * status: new => closed * resolution: => wontfix Comment: From looking at old versions, it seems that the `-b`/`--scratchdir` option specified the build dir in Cabal-1.1.4 but from at least 1.2 onwards it only specified the scratch dir which is only used by hugs. It's certainly documented as such. The reason it appears not to do anything for you is that you are using ghc not hugs. We're planning to remove the `--scratchdir` since we now have the more general option `--builddir` (which defaults to `dist`). So I suggest you use the `--builddir` option. So I'm closing this ticket. If the `--builddir` doesn't do what you need then either re-open this ticket or file a new one. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/568#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects