#334: GHC_PACKAGE_PATH with trailing colon disrespected ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: cjs | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.3 Platform: Other Unix | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Cabal appears not to interpret a GHC_PACKAGE_PATH with a trailing colon (under Unix; this would be a trailing semicolon under Windows) to use the system packages after the ones specified in the path, here, vidēre licet: {{{ $ export GHC_PACKAGE_PATH=/my/package.conf $ runghc Setup.lhs configure Configuring binary-0.4.1... Setup.lhs: At least the following dependencies are missing: base >=2.0&&<2.2, base <3.0 }}} -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/334 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects