I'm trying to use cabal-install 1.24. To start fresh, I removed ~/.cabal and ~/.ghc, and then used the old cabal(-install) executable to do cabal update and cabal install cabal-install. Unfortunately, it seems that cabal-install is building everything except my library! $ cabal --version cabal-install version 1.24.0.0 compiled using version 1.24.0.0 of the Cabal library $ ghc --version The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.10.3 $ cat cabal.project.local tests: True program-options ghc-options: -Werror $ cabal new-build --enable-test -v Project settings changed, reconfiguring... creating /home/eamybut/néal/creatur/dist-newstyle creating /home/eamybut/néal/creatur/dist-newstyle/cache creating /home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3 Reading installed packages... /usr/local/ghc-7.10.3/bin/ghc-pkg dump '--package-db=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/package.db' -v0 /usr/local/ghc-7.10.3/bin/ghc --print-libdir -Werror In order, the following will be built: cond-0.4.1.1 (lib:cond) (requires build) primitive-0.6.1.0 (lib:primitive) (requires build) random-1.1 (lib:random) (requires build) MonadRandom-0.4.2.3 (lib:MonadRandom) (requires build) regex-base-0.93.2 (lib:regex-base) (requires build) regex-posix-0.95.2 (lib:regex-posix) (requires build) tf-random-0.5 (lib:tf-random) (requires build) QuickCheck-2.8.2 (lib:QuickCheck) (requires build) xml-1.3.14 (lib:xml) (requires build) test-framework-0.8.1.1 (lib:test-framework) (requires build) test-framework-hunit-0.3.0.2 (lib:test-framework-hunit) (requires build) test-framework-quickcheck2-0.3.0.3 (lib:test-framework-quickcheck2) (requires build) creatur-5.9.12 (lib:creatur test:creatur-tests) *test (first run) creating /home/eamybut/néal/creatur/dist-newstyle/build creating /home/eamybut/néal/creatur/dist-newstyle/tmp Extracting /home/eamybut/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/cond/0.4.1.1/cond-0.4.1.1.tar. gz to /home/eamybut/néal/creatur/dist-newstyle/tmp/cond-4543... Extracting Extracting Extracting /home/eamybut/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/primitive/0.6.1.0/primitive-0. 6.1.0.tar.gz /home/eamybut/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/random/1.1/random-1.1.tar.gz /home/eamybut/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/regex-base/0.93.2/regex-base-0 .93.2.tar.gz Updating cond.cabal with the latest revision from the index. to /home/eamybut/néal/creatur/dist-newstyle/tmp/primitive-4543... to /home/eamybut/néal/creatur/dist-newstyle/tmp/random-4543... to /home/eamybut/néal/creatur/dist-newstyle/tmp/regex-base-4543... creating dist Updating primitive.cabal with the latest revision from the index. Updating random.cabal with the latest revision from the index. Updating regex-base.cabal with the latest revision from the index. Configuring cond-0.4.1.1... creating dist creating dist creating dist /home/eamybut/.cabal/bin/cabal act-as-setup --build-type=Simple -- configure Configuring primitive-0.6.1.0... Configuring random-1.1... 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Updating xml.cabal with the latest revision from the index. creating dist Configuring xml-1.3.14... /home/eamybut/.cabal/bin/cabal act-as-setup --build-type=Simple -- configure --verbose=2 --builddir=dist --ghc --prefix=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b38458e7 afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de548 --bindir=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b38458e7 afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de548/bin --libdir=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b38458e7 afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de548/lib --libsubdir= --libexecdir=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b384 58e7afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de548/libexec --datadir=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b38458e 7afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de548/share --datasubdir= --docdir=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b38458e7 afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de548/share/doc --htmldir=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b38458e 7afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de548/share/doc/html --haddockdir=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b384 58e7afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de548/share/doc/html --sysconfdir=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b384 58e7afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de548/etc --enable-library-vanilla --enable-library-profiling --enable-shared --disable-executable-dynamic --disable-profiling --profiling-detail=default --library-profiling-detail=default --enable-optimization --disable-debug-info --disable-library-for-ghci --disable-split-objs --disable-executable-stripping --disable-library-stripping --package-db=clear --package-db=global --package-db=/home/eamybut/.cabal/store/ghc-7.10.3/package.db --ipid=xml-1.3.14-b04f5878120533b38458e7afa38083e761daf4b6cf823ee2a31d1d5bba8de5 48 --dependency=base=base-4.8.2.0-0d6d1084fbc041e1cded9228e80e264d --dependency=bytestring=bytestring-0.10.6.0-9a873bcf33d6ce2fd2698ce69e2c1c66 --dependency=text=text-1.2.2.1-ba97440de9fbd614cd8b02c1d9fda7e9073a288481e7e539c 2629ac910e67bf4 --disable-tests --disable-coverage --exact-configuration --disable-benchmarks --with-ghc=/usr/local/ghc-7.10.3/bin/ghc --with-ghc-pkg=/usr/local/ghc-7.10.3/bin/ghc-pkg --ghc-option=-Werror Redirecting build log to {handle: /home/eamybut/.cabal/logs/xml-1.3.14.log} Building xml-1.3.14... /home/eamybut/.cabal/bin/cabal act-as-setup --build-type=Simple -- build --verbose=2 --builddir=dist Redirecting build log to {handle: /home/eamybut/.cabal/logs/xml-1.3.14.log} That's the last line. No mention of actually building creatur (my library). $ find dist-newstyle dist-newstyle dist-newstyle/tmp dist-newstyle/cache dist-newstyle/cache/source-hashes dist-newstyle/cache/improved-plan dist-newstyle/cache/plan.json dist-newstyle/cache/compiler dist-newstyle/cache/elaborated-plan dist-newstyle/cache/solver-plan dist-newstyle/cache/config dist-newstyle/build $ find dist dist $ cabal info creatur * creatur (library) Synopsis: Framework for artificial life experiments. Versions available: 4.2.0, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 5.7.3, 5.8.0, 5.8.2, 5.9.9, 5.9.10, 5.9.11 (and 51 others) Versions installed: [ Not installed ] . . . I'm using the same cabal file I've used with sandboxes.