#523: Config file not automatically generated if symlink-bindir is only item in config ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.2 Severity: minor | Keywords: config Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- I just spent an hour trying to make cabal-install work. After reading the README, I specified the symlink-bindir in the config file. The file did not exist so I created it. Then, when I executed an update, cabal complained that there was no specified repos. I searched and could not find what variable I needed to define in the config file. Then, after skimming the cabal source code, I noticed that the config file is automatically generated if it does not exist. So I deleted it and now all is fine because it was automatically generated. So by following the README instructions by specifying a symlink-bindir variable in a config file I created, I was unable to make cabal work. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/523 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects