Ticket #2662 (closed bug: fixed)

Opened 5 years ago

Last modified 5 years ago

should install ghc-pkg with versioned name again

Reported by: duncan Owned by: igloo
Priority: normal Milestone: 6.10.1
Component: Build System Version: 6.9
Keywords: Cc:
Operating System: Linux Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Type of failure: Difficulty: Unknown
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Description

The build system has always installed ghc and ghc-pkg as a link to ghc-x.y and ghc-pkg-x.y on unix systems. In the current ghc-6.10 builds this is only done for ghc and ghci, not for ghc-pkg. It should be done for both.

It's very useful for people who install multiple versions of ghc simulataniously. Also cabal expects to find ghc-pkg with a corresponding name to ghc. If you specify cabal install -w ghc-6.10.1 then it will look for ghc-6.10.1 on the path and then look for ghc-pkg-6.10.1 in the same location.

Change History

Changed 5 years ago by igloo

  • difficulty set to Unknown
  • milestone set to 6.10.1

Changed 5 years ago by igloo

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to fixed

Fixed in HEAD and 6.10.

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