[Hackage] #221: need a way to specify site-specific include and library search paths

[Hackage]

#221: need a way to specify site-specific include and library search paths
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  Reporter:  guest          |        Owner:                 
      Type:  enhancement    |       Status:  new            
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:                 
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.2.3.0        
  Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:                 
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  easy (<4 hours)
Ghcversion:  6.8.2          |     Platform:  Linux          
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Comment (by duncan):

 Replying to [comment:3 guest]:

 > Would it be better if cabal itself read the per-package local
 preferences file, rather than the higher level cabal-install tool?
 >
 > That way I could still get the benefits of recording local, per-package
 file locations when I used cabal directly.

 The aim in the medium term is for cabal-install to be the primary command
 line interface.

 The way we have split things is that cabal-install maintains the state
 about configuration and what packages are available etc. Then the Cabal
 lib is basically a stateless API for dealing with packages. I'm reasonably
 satisfied this is a sensible design.

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