Erik de Castro Lopo <[email protected]> writes: > Does anybody use both debian and cabal installed packages? I know I > definitely prefer debian packages but some stuff, like contributing > to upstream packages, just really needs cabal-install.
> I know I've tried to make these co-exist in the past and it was nothing > but pain. I've generally tried to use debian packages (which install in /usr), and supplemented with cabal packages (in /usr/local), and that has seemed to work okay for me¹. Generally, GHC will just use whatever is the latest versioned package. Could you be more specific about the problems you encounter? -k ¹ Previously, the amount of useful packages in Debian (and Ubuntu, which I use) was quite limited, of course. Perhaps I haven't yet used debs extensively enough to run into trouble? -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
