Merge pull request #2837 from grayjay/testing-on-windows

Add warning about testing Cabal on Windows

Merge pull request #2837 from grayjay/testing-on-windows
Add warning about testing Cabal on Windows
b8c25f06 · ttuegel · c4f22c3e · 727f4479 · b8c25f06
Commit b8c25f06 authored 9 years ago by ttuegel
--- a/HACKING.md
+++ b/HACKING.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ To build and test the `Cabal` library, do:

    We will refer to this as `PACKAGEDB`.

-5. Configure and build Cabal, and run all tests:
+5. Configure and build Cabal, and run all tests.  (Note that many of the package tests require shared libraries, which are not provided by GHC >= 7.8 on Windows: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8228)

    ~~~~
    ./Setup configure --enable-tests --package-db=$PACKAGEDB