From 9aa390d95431f19d4172d6f3257adc47a73b73e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Pilz Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:20:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add note that cabal v2-run is not supported on windows --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b44a50dd1..32025f6d3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ The install-script can be invoked via `cabal` instead of `stack` with the comman cabal v2-run ./install.hs --project-file install/shake.project ``` +Running the script with cabal on windows seems to have some issues and is currently not fully supported. + Unfortunately, it is still required to have `stack` installed so that the install-script can locate the `local-bin` directory (on Linux `~/.local/bin`) and copy the `hie` binaries to `hie-x.y.z`, which is required for the `hie-wrapper` to function as expected. For brevity, only the `stack`-based commands are presented in the following sections.