Joachim Breitner <[email protected]> writes: > I would not recommend using --global on Debian/Ubuntu-systems, as it > might interfere with packages installed by Debian.
But 'cabal install --global' installs in /usr/local/, does it not? And official packages (i.e. debs) put stuff in /usr, so these would be separate. > And I wonder if they really need the very latest versions of alex and > happy (Debian is one or two minor versions behind) or whether apt-get > install alex happy would suffice... It would be nice if cabal could be aware of OS package managers, and suggest this as an option - or be configured to just use the OS package by default, as long as it provides the requried versions. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
