On 12/18/08, Duncan Coutts <duncan.cou...@worc.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > So, the Right Way(TM) to make cabal-install go through proxies is > > fixing `userinfo' function of `network' package (see the > > `network-2.2.0.1.patch'). > > Good work. We should have this reviewed by the maintainers of the > network package. > > > Until then, we should have a workaround in > > `cabal-install' (cabal-install-0.6.0.patch). I do. > > Thanks, I'll apply that patch. Looking at the code it looks like it will > not break when the proper fix is applied to the url code in the network > package. Do you agree?
It will not break. It will degrade from "savior" into "harmless cruft". And when we are sure that `network' package is fixed, we should revert `cabal-install-0.6.0.patch'. Thank you, Duncan! -- vvv _______________________________________________ cabal-devel mailing list cabal-devel@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel
