[Hackage] #270: Build executables that can be run "in-place"

12 Apr 2008


      #270: Build executables that can be run "in-place"
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  Reporter:  waern          |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.2.3.0
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  normal         |   Ghcversion:  6.8.2  
  Platform:                 |  
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 It would be nice if Cabal could build executables that could be told where
 to get their data files (etc), instead of always hard-wiring them to the
 installation dirs. Perhaps an environmental variable could be used to
 specify where the data files are. This would enable us to run applications
 "in-place", i.e. from the source directory directly, which would be useful
 for test suites, for example.

 David

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Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/270
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