Eric Kow writes:
> OK let me get this straight. Is the user-facing problem here that
installing wxHaskell for use in a sandbox
> environment is impossible or just very inconvenient/difficult?
The problem is that cabal-dev tries to install all the dependencies
automatically. So if I have a depen
On 06/01/2013 01:34 PM, Eric Kow wrote:
> I had some longer comments on the technical issues. I think we may
> be need to step back a bit and peel apart the fundamental issues
> first (C++, shared libraries, other?) but first let's make sure we
> understand what the user-facing problem really is.
OK, so let's step back a bit.
I think Luc's right in two senses, first that we need to understand what the
user-facing problem is, and second what is technical problem lying at the heart
of user-facing problem.
In your first message you said:
> OTOH, cabal install wxdirect installs both the he
Eric Kow writes:
> May I ask which environment variables in particular you're referring to?
All of them, particularly those used to find the location of wxc. cabal-dev
installs all dependencies blindly, and doesn't know to set environment
variables.
> (B) [an aspiring wxHaskell hacker] modify w
