Enable --hyperlink-source for "cabal install"

Question

The command cabal haddock has very useful --hyperlink-source option. I would like to have the source hyperlinked when building documentation with cabal install.

The ticket #517 seems to be just about it: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/517

However, perhaps it is possible to set this flag via ~/.cabal/config file?

If not, how can I get working cabal-install build with the patch from #517 without installing Cabal-1.9, which is currently mandatory (due to one patch from December)?

Answer 1

What is the problem with installing Cabal-0.9?

Answer 2

Ticket #517 is about passing haddock options via cabal, like if you have special needs like building a hoogle database or usa a different CSS

Most users will be happy with standard haddock and hyperlinked sources though, which is possible with Cabal-1.8. Ticket #517 is if you have bigger needs.

Simply calling cabal haddock --hyperlink-source should do the trick.

If you want this as the default, you can edit ~/.cabal/config as you mentioned.

Answer 3

Currently you cannot get the equivalent of the --hyperlink-source option when using the "all in one" cabal install command. The ticket you cite is exactly about this issue.