On 15 March 2013 15:14, Andres Löh <and...@well-typed.com> wrote: > Hi. > >> What is the purpose of the "install" command's "--only" flag? The >> documentation says "Only installs the package in the current >> directory", but this is already supported by running "cabal install" >> in the current directory without arguments. Would it be fine if I >> removed "--only"? > > No, please do not remove it. Running install without --only causes all sorts > of things to happen, because install is the magic command. The --only flag > is for use after you have already run build and really only does the > installation, i.e. It behaves comparable to Setup install.
Ah, maybe the help text is ambiguous; I interpreted that as saying it "only installs the package in the current directory [not in some other directory]". Perhaps rename --only to --no-reconfigure or so? cabal install --reconfigure : run "cabal configure" with previous options before install [default] --no-reconfigure : build and install, without reconfiguring Conrad. _______________________________________________ cabal-devel mailing list cabal-devel@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel
