#12851: Regression: GHC doesn't show filepaths by default anymore -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: hvr | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 8.1 Resolution: | Keywords: regression Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by bgamari): Why I don't have a terribly strong opinion here one way or another, here are my thoughts, * I agree that, to a GHC developer, hiding paths by default is on the whole a small inconvenience. There is a certain convenience to pulling paths out of `ghc --make`. * I also agree that these paths are just noise to most users * However, I suspect that relatively few users are actually exposed to this noise at this point. Afterall, most users are using `stack` or `cabal-install` and both of those now hide GHC's output by default. * Even if the user uses a build tool which shows GHC's output (as `cabal- install` currently does with `-j1`), there's no reason why the tool couldn't pass `fno-show-source-paths` to GHC by default. * I really don't think the benefit-per-character-of-discussion ratio of this issue is high enough to warrant too many cycles -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12851#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler