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bos opened this issue May 24, 2012 · 2 comments
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improve usage info #97

bos opened this issue May 24, 2012 · 2 comments

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bos commented May 24, 2012

(Imported from Trac #105, reported by guest on 2006-12-15)

Claus Reinke suggests:

also, could the usage info (runhaskell Setup --help) please be amended?
something like the two extra lines on usage cycle and home page below.
claus
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$ runhaskell.exe Setup.lhs --help
Usage: Setup.lhs [GLOBAL FLAGS]
  or:  Setup.lhs COMMAND [FLAGS]
Global flags:
  -h, -?  --help  Show this help text
+Typical usage cycle:  1. configure  2. build  3. install
+
Commands:
  configure     Prepare to build the package.
  build         Make this package ready for installation.
  clean         Clean up after a build.
  install       Copy the files into the install locations. Run register.
  copy          Copy the files into the install locations.
  sdist         Generate a source distribution file (.tar.gz or .zip).
  test          Run the test suite, if any (configure with UserHooks).
  haddock       Generate Haddock HTML code from Exposed-Modules.
  pfe           Generate Programatica Project.
  register      Register this package with the compiler.
  unregister    Unregister this package with the compiler.
For more information about a command, try 'Setup.lhs COMMAND --help'.
+
+This Setup feature has been prepared using the Haskell Cabal infrastructure.
+See http://haskell.org/cabal/ for more information.
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bos commented May 24, 2012

(Imported comment by guest on 2006-12-15)

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bos commented May 24, 2012

(Imported comment by @SyntaxPolice on 2006-12-15)

I just checked in a fix for this request. Good idea :)

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