#40: sdist runs tar, which is a problem under Windows ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Reporter: ijones | Owner: kr.angelov@gmail.com Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal | Version: Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.2.1 | Platform: Linux ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Changes (by ross@soi.city.ac.uk): * summary: how well does sdist work in windows? is there a better way to find 'tar'? => sdist runs tar, which is a problem under Windows Comment: It makes sense to take sdist out of the library, as it's not essential for building, and would work better with these extra dependencies. But I'm not sure about bundling everything in an all-purpose program. Small special-purpose tools have fewer dependencies and avoid many coordination issues. More of them (cabal-deb, cabal-rpm, cabal-msi, etc) can be added by third parties without looking second class. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/40#comment:6 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects