Re: [Haskell-cafe] cabal configure && cabal build && cabal install

On 12-11-27 01:02 AM, kudah wrote:

On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:21:33 -0500 "Albert Y. C. Lai" wrote:

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Lastly, there is no "Setup install". Use "copy" and "register".

$ runghc Setup.hs --help [...]

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install Copy the files into the install locations. Run register. copy Copy the files into the install locations.

I stand corrected, thank you. But then to complete answering a previous question, "Setup install" does not configure, does not build, and is far from "cabal install".

(newer) cabal build registers inplace automatically.

I see where you heard this, but it is a misrepresentation from cabal, and older cabal has always told a similar misrepresentation. When "cabal build" succeeds, it always says: (older) "registering <name>-<version>" (newer) "In-place registering <name>-<version>" That's what it says. But use ghc-pkg and other tests to verify that no registration whatsoever has happened.