#328: cabal-install passing --distpref to Setup.hs compiled with older Cabal lib ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment (by duncan): Replying to [comment:2 dreixel]:
Additionally, I found out that this problem no longer occurs after I upgraded to GHC 6.8.3 (from 6.8.2) and reinstalled Cabal and cabal- install...
Yes, the reason for that is that you would then have Cabal-1.4.x installed and cabal-install will prefer to compile Setup.hs scripts using that version. Previously it was forced to use a 1.2.x version of the Cabal library (which does not understand `--distpref`). Still, it is supposed to work with older versions of the lib by omitting parameters if necessary. So I'll have to work out why it's passing the default distpref rather than empty. Are you using the released cabal-install-0.5.1 or the darcs version? -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/328#comment:3 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects