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2026-01-21 19:39:31 +0100vanishingideal(~vanishing@user/vanishingideal) vanishingideal
2026-01-21 19:39:04 +0100 <int-e> *standalone
2026-01-21 19:38:57 +0100 <int-e> And then do what danza said: Don't work with standalong ghc(i) at all if there are any non-standard dependencies.
2026-01-21 19:38:21 +0100 <int-e> Personally I use GHC_ENVIRONMENT=- which disables them (and then occasionally unset that variable)
2026-01-21 19:38:03 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> thanks
2026-01-21 19:37:44 +0100 <int-e> Milan_Vanca: for details on environments (including where GHC looks for them), see https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/latest/docs/users_guide/packages.html#package-environments
2026-01-21 19:35:21 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> BRB.. and thank you for answers :)
2026-01-21 19:35:07 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> Ookey I should just read whole doc and then ask questions :D
2026-01-21 19:34:22 +0100 <int-e> It's all rather messy, for historical reasons and possibly having too many cooks.
2026-01-21 19:34:20 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> Ok so there is global package db, user package db, and project env.
2026-01-21 19:33:44 +0100 <int-e> Milan_Vanca: ghc-pkg will take the user package db into account by default
2026-01-21 19:33:30 +0100 <int-e> Their purpose is to be context dependent (you can have an environment in a project directory, and ghc will pick it up unless instructed not to)
2026-01-21 19:33:00 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> int-e: Aaah :D
2026-01-21 19:32:46 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> int-e: "ghc-pkg --user-package-db" should be able to pick libs installed with "cabal install --lib" ?
2026-01-21 19:32:15 +0100 <int-e> Milan_Vanca: No, environment files are a third mechanic, separate from global and user package db
2026-01-21 19:31:46 +0100danza(~danza@user/danza) (Quit: got to go)
2026-01-21 19:31:39 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> int-e: So cabal install --lib uses "local package db" and ghc-pkg is not aware of that right?
2026-01-21 19:31:04 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> int-e: Exactly
2026-01-21 19:30:54 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> gentauro: As I want to understand what is going on, which command does what. But as int-e pointed out the situation is more complicated
2026-01-21 19:30:49 +0100 <int-e> gentauro: Because, I think, Milan_Vanca is just discovering how cabal[-install] works.
2026-01-21 19:30:33 +0100 <danza> yeah int-e that's why recently i always use cabal from a dir with a .cabal file. Otherwise it gets confusing
2026-01-21 19:29:44 +0100 <gentauro> Milan_Vanca: I'm understanding you want to list `binaries` installed by cabal right? Why not just `ls -lh ~/.cabal/bin`?
2026-01-21 19:29:28 +0100 <int-e> Milan_Vanca: There's `cabal install --lib` but rather than adding to GHC's package database it creates an environment file. Which, annoyingly, is a feature that ghc-pkg isn't aware of.
2026-01-21 19:28:37 +0100divlamir(~divlamir@user/divlamir) divlamir
2026-01-21 19:28:22 +0100 <danza> you are speaking commands i rarely use, that's interesting
2026-01-21 19:28:17 +0100divlamir(~divlamir@user/divlamir) (Read error: Connection reset by peer)
2026-01-21 19:28:07 +0100vanishingideal(~vanishing@user/vanishingideal) (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)
2026-01-21 19:28:03 +0100 <int-e> ...oh wow, v1-register is still around?
2026-01-21 19:28:01 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> so "ghc-pkg list == cabal list --installed" to change this output one needs to "cabal register/unregister" instead of install
2026-01-21 19:26:37 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> It looks like it shows same thing as "ghc-pkg list". Also there is "cabal register/unregister" and this goes to db in ghc-pkg?
2026-01-21 19:25:02 +0100 <int-e> (I can see how this is confusing.)
2026-01-21 19:24:49 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> gentauro: Yes that works :) I am just confused about "cabal install" and "cabal list --installed" not be connected?
2026-01-21 19:24:00 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> danza: No that's not it :) I am in the same dir.
2026-01-21 19:23:57 +0100 <int-e> yeah, it's not a "package" (not in the package database)
2026-01-21 19:23:28 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> int-e: So the problem is it is executable and not lib?
2026-01-21 19:22:57 +0100 <gentauro> Milan_Vanca: if `~/.cabal/bin` is in your PATH, then you should be able to exec and do `which alex` :)
2026-01-21 19:22:46 +0100 <int-e> ?
2026-01-21 19:22:43 +0100 <int-e> cabal list --installed probably only lists libraries
2026-01-21 19:22:42 +0100 <danza> maybe you changed dir Milan_Vanca? Cabal's scope varies depending on which package one is on
2026-01-21 19:22:25 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> gentauro: Yes it is there.. but "cabal list --installed" does not show them, but it should as I use install so it should list installed right?
2026-01-21 19:21:59 +0100 <danza> they say thay can see it
2026-01-21 19:21:41 +0100 <gentauro> they normally go there unless you provide another path
2026-01-21 19:21:33 +0100 <gentauro> Milan_Vanca: have you looked at `~/.cabal/bin`?
2026-01-21 19:19:51 +0100 <Milan_Vanca> Hello guyz. I found another strange issue, "cabal install alex" and I can see it in user's bin dir. "cabal list --installed" and it's not there?
2026-01-21 19:18:48 +0100 <probie> s/it'd/it/
2026-01-21 19:18:41 +0100 <probie> Surely it'd should be kanonology
2026-01-21 19:15:25 +0100danza(~danza@user/danza) danza
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2026-01-21 19:00:10 +0100vanishingideal(~vanishing@user/vanishingideal) vanishingideal