On 2011 May 24, at 11:12, Jacek Generowicz wrote:
I have found an {-# OPTION -fvia-C #-} deep inside the lambdabot code in Plugin/Pl/Common.hs. How can I tell cabal install to ignore this? Is there some command line option for doing so, or do I have to edit the source code and somehow persuade cabal to use my hacked version ?
The edited source code is ignored by cabal install. However, if you tar.gz the edited source code and replace the original tarball (making sure that you do *not* remove the untarred directory (it seems that you can remove its contents, but not the directory itself)), then cabal install works and lambdabot installs. But I can't help feeling that this is not the smartest way to solve this problem. It looks like a random solution achieved by someone who doesn't understand what is going on. Is there a more sensible way to do this?