On 30/09/11 02:45, DukeDave wrote:
1. Is there some reason (other than 'safety') that "cabal install" cleans everything up?
As far as I've experienced and understand it, it doesn't - it's more that GHC can detect when Haskell modules don't need recompiling while the same is not true for C or C++ sources. For example, I change one module and see GHC report only that module and its dependents being recompiled, while the other compiled modules are reused from previous 'cabal install' runs. The "C-sources:" are recompiled every time even if unchanged, which I too find it somewhat annoying even with my small projects.
2. Why does setting cleanHook to return () not have any effect?
I think becausae the clean hook is probably not called by 'cabal install', but by 'cabal clean'. Claude