We don't list them all [such as --config-file] in the global --help so as not to clutter things, but then we need a way to let people know that

#690: document extra global options ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.8.0.4 Severity: minor | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: 6.10.4 Platform: Linux | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ (split off from comment:1:ticket:688) there are extra global options and provide a way to get the help for them via some extended --help thing. Should go into a manual instead. You have already copied most of the good parts of the CPAN toolchain, installing man pages along binaries is one of the last things I am missing. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/690 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects