Hi Ian, > > If I darcs get the time library, using a GHC binary distribution, > > isn't runhaskell Setup configure/build/install sufficient? > I thought > > Cabal was meant to do this magic for me. I realise when building > > in-tree time configure based things are required. > > No: Building the time package requires running the configure script. > Cabal knows how to run the configure script, but not how to > generate it, and the darcs repo doesn't include the configure > script as it's a generated file.
Ah, that makes sense. Is there any chance Cabal could scream loudly about lacking the necessary file, and ideally tell me how to fix it, rather than successfully configure/building 23 out of 24 source files before falling over? Thanks Neil ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Cvs-ghc mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-ghc
