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install-method and overwrite-policy in .cabal/config are ignored #5942
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Good catch! I think I know why it happens, should be quick to fix |
So, this is more complex than I thought. Seems like those two flags, when absent, do not generate a |
@fgaz Any update on this? |
@benjaminselfridge nope. I'ts next on my cabal todo list though |
I am still facing this issue. but still |
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The |
@andy0130tw if I remember correctly --prefix is a I might be wrong though. Did it have an effect on v1-build? Also maybe |
@fgaz: I was mainly compiling Agda and needed to specify Apparently, the prefix argument worked in v1, but not in v2 and later. |
Could you explain further? I'm not sure I understand the use case edit: also I think you should open a separate issue for this, as it's a separate problem |
I have these settings in my ~/.cabal/config:
but
overwrite-policy
andinstall-method
seem to be ignored:As you can see it tries to symlink cabal and --overwrite-policy=always seems to be ignored.
I'm using recent master (e23d8d1) of cabal-install.
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