Indeed. The problem is that many folks might have cabal config files that explicitly disable shared.  (For the compile times!).  They might need clear information about wiping that field.  <span></span><br><br>On Sunday, February 9, 2014, Brandon Allbery &lt;<a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com">allbery.b@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Greg Horn <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;gregmainland@gmail.com&#39;);" target="_blank">gregmainland@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Is --enable-shared off by default?</p><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote"></div></div></div></blockquote><div>It&#39;s supposed to be on by default in 7.8. That said, not sure how many people have played with ~/.cabal/config....</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">

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