Issue 1580: use buildbot-specific GHC package database on build slaves

Title	use buildbot-specific GHC package database on build slaves
Priority	feature	Status	given-up
Milestone		Resolved in
Superseder		Nosy List	darcs-devel, dmitry.kurochkin, isaacd, kowey
Assigned To		Topics	Devel

Created on 2009-08-28.09:29:25 by kowey, last changed 2017-07-30.23:36:32 by gh.

msg8561 (view)

Author: kowey

Date: 2009-08-28.09:29:21

I want the build slaves to be able to use 'cabal install' so that we don't have
to do any manual maintenance whenever a dependency changes.

One potential issue is that folks may object to having us install packages on
their behalf.

Isaac pointed out that you can point GHC to any package db you want, and I
noticed that cabal-install has a --package-db flag

Feel free to wont-fix this and say "well, we now require a buildbot user, so
problem solved"

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2009-08-28 09:29:25	kowey	create
2009-10-24 00:35:26	admin	set	nosy: + isaacd, - isaacdupree
2017-07-30 23:36:32	gh	set	status: needs-implementation -> given-up

Issue 1580 use buildbot-specific GHC package database on build slaves