#412: build-reports: option is invalid in a config file ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: easy (<4 hours) | Ghcversion: 6.8.3 Platform: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ With darcs (tonight) cabal and cabal-install, I see the generated .cabal/config includes the line '-- build-reports:', suggesting that this is a valid configuration option. However, it is not. If one uncomments it to 'build-reports: True', then Cabal warns and apparently ignores one's configuration as corrupt: gwern@craft:29302~>cabal update Warning: Error parsing config file /home/gwern/.cabal/config:9: "True" Warning: Using default configuration. Downloading package list from server 'http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive' The syntax is valid, the True is correct, it's not listed as being part of a section. further, --build-reports is a valid CLI option: gwern@craft:29304~>rm .cabal/config && mv config .cabal && cabal install --build-reports ztail [ 9:21PM] Resolving dependencies... Downloading hinotify-0.2... [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( /tmp/TMPhinotify-0.2/hinotify-0.2/Setup.lhs, /tmp/TMPhinotify-0.2/hinotify-0.2/dist/setup/Main.o ) Linking /tmp/TMPhinotify-0.2/hinotify-0.2/dist/setup/setup ... Downloading ztail-1.0... ........ Either the default config is lying/wrong, or the build-reports: option is busted. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/412 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects