13 Mar
2007
13 Mar
'07
9:39 p.m.
Hi
No they won't: If Setup.hs builds then it's installed, and besides, we don't need it any more if we've already built Setup. So there's no point in Setup.hs checking it's installed (which is the effect of adding a dep in the .cabal file, which I assume is what you meant).
I see your point, but Cabal passes -package base etc, so even if FilePath is installed, its not visible to a Cabal compiled program by default.
Can you please point me at the shared policy that means that base and Cabal are always available? I'm sure we could add filepath to it.
Hmm, I'm not sure I know of such a document - maybe this is just the unwritten law. Adding filepath to this list would suit me fine. Thanks Neil