#307: Allow specifying alternative source and target package databases other than --user and --global ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: fons | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Sometimes, it is useful to use alternative target/source package databases (e.g. for testing that the installation of a package with custom hooks works, without poisoning the global or user databases). GHC allows doing that through {{{ghc}}}'s and {{{ghc-pkg}}}'s {{{-package- conf}}} flag. However, there's no equivalent in Cabal. Thus, I suggest adding new {{{-package-conf}}} flag to the {{{configure}}}, {{{install}}} and {{{register}}} commands. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/307 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects