28 Nov
2010
28 Nov
'10
9:55 a.m.
Joachim Breitner
I would not recommend using --global on Debian/Ubuntu-systems, as it might interfere with packages installed by Debian.
But 'cabal install --global' installs in /usr/local/, does it not? And official packages (i.e. debs) put stuff in /usr, so these would be separate.
And I wonder if they really need the very latest versions of alex and happy (Debian is one or two minor versions behind) or whether apt-get install alex happy would suffice...
It would be nice if cabal could be aware of OS package managers, and suggest this as an option - or be configured to just use the OS package by default, as long as it provides the requried versions. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants