On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 23:35 +0200, Max Rabkin wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Paulo J. Matos<pocma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Shouldn't cabal make sure the library it installs are in PATH? > > This would require modifying the path (since there may be no writable > location on the existing path). But the PATH is set by a combination > of several programs written in Turing-complete languages (shell > script), and those programs themselves are in unknown locations > (depending on the shell in use). > > > or at > > least, they are in the PATH of the apps built by cabal itself? > > This is a possibility. But surely you're one day going to want to run > your cabal-installed programs yourself (there are some pretty handy > ones), so the easiest thing is to extend your path. >
You're right. Added .cabal/bin to path and everything is ok. > It might be a good idea for cabal-install to warn that its bin > directory is not in your path when you install an executable. > Yep, might be an interesting idea for warning. :) > --Max _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe