On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 08:18:11PM -0000, Hackage wrote: > > > From my point of view, I’d already be satisfied if cabal would say "The > following required packages are also available from your distribution and > it is recommended to install them before continuing: libghc6-a-dev > libghc6-b-dev. Do you want to abort now? [Y,n]". > > Unlike apt-get, most cabal commands are not interactive. We prefer to go > with "Do the right thing".
FWIW, I would much prefer apt-get-like behaviour. e.g. if cabal-install has decided it is going to install 20 packages (for dependency reasons), I would like to be given a chance to look at the list before it does so. Thanks Ian _______________________________________________ cabal-devel mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel
