Changes between Version 42 and Version 43 of CabalInstall

Timestamp:

04/16/12 07:47:09 (13 months ago)

Author:

kosmikus

Comment:

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CabalInstall

@@ -36 +36 @@
 
 {{{
-Usage: cabal [GLOBAL FLAGS]
-   or: cabal COMMAND [FLAGS]
+This program is the command line interface to the Haskell Cabal infrastructure.
+See http://www.haskell.org/cabal/ for more information.
+
+Usage: cabal COMMAND [FLAGS]
+   or: cabal [GLOBAL FLAGS]
 
 Global flags:
@@ -46 +49 @@
 Commands:
   install      Installs a list of packages.
-  list         List available packages on the server (cached).
   update       Updates list of known packages
-  fetch        Downloads packages for later installation or study.
+  list         List packages matching a search string.
+  info         Display detailed information about a particular package.
+  fetch        Downloads packages for later installation.
+  unpack       Unpacks packages for user inspection.
+  check        Check the package for common mistakes
+  sdist        Generate a source distribution file (.tar.gz).
   upload       Uploads source packages to Hackage
+  report       Upload build reports to a remote server.
+  init         Interactively create a .cabal file.
   configure    Prepare to build the package.
   build        Make this package ready for installation.
@@ -55 +64 @@
   haddock      Generate Haddock HTML documentation.
   clean        Clean up after a build.
-  sdist        Generate a source distribution file (.tar.gz).
   hscolour     Generate HsColour colourised code, in HTML format.
   register     Register this package with the compiler.
   test         Run the test suite, if any (configure with UserHooks).
+  bench        Run the benchmark, if any (configure with UserHooks).
+  upgrade      (command disabled, use install instead)
+  help         Help about commands
 
-Typical step for installing Cabal packages:
-  cabal install [PACKAGES]
+For more information about a command use:
+  cabal COMMAND --help
+
+To install Cabal packages from hackage use:
+  cabal install foo [--dry-run]
 
 Occasionally you need to update the list of available packages:
   cabal update
 
-For more information about a command, try 'cabal COMMAND --help'.
-This program is the command line interface to the Haskell Cabal Infrastructure.
-See http://www.haskell.org/cabal/ for more information.
+You can edit the cabal configuration file to set defaults:
+  $HOME/.cabal/config
 }}}
 
 See the [http://www.haskell.org/cabal/ cabal page] for more complete usage information.
 
+{{{
+#!comment
 There is bash command line completion support available, though currently that requires installing manually.
+}}}
 
 == Quick Installation on Unix ==