[Nix-dev] Re: cabal not working well out the box

[Paul van der Walt]

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:24:42PM +0100, Peter Simons wrote:
> from the sound of it, you have discovered a bug in the cabal-install
> expression. The build procedure performed by cabal-install requires
> 'binutils', apparently, but that package isn't listed as a dependency, nor
> is it included in $PATH. Consequently, builds performed by cabal-install
> fail -- unless if 'binutils' is in $PATH by chance, i.e. because you
> manually installed it there.

Peter, Marc, thanks for the answers! I don't have much time now
(festivities and family...), but soon I'll take another look at
it. Thanks for the valueable pointers.

Cheers,

Paul

PS: Merry x-mas & happy new year everyone!

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