Relocatable build tree#12145
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This PR re-purposes the
--enable-relocatableflag to make all paths in the build tree relative to the build tree root. This means that the build tree (e.g.dist-newtyle) can be copied wholesale elsewhere (for example, to a git worktree) and promptly be re-used by cabal without re-building.This behavior can be triggered with
cabal build --enable-relocatable, or the project-level configuration optionrelocatable: True.Some notes:
--enable-relocatablechangesplan.jsonto relativize paths. It's not clear if that's too much of a breaking change.--enable-relocatableis not the default; it is opt-in.--enable-relocatableis backwards compatible, in a sense: older versions ofcabalwill see a stale build tree, and rebuild, instead of erroring out.--enable-relocatableis only needed for the initial build: the following does not trigger a rebuild:Fixes #12137
significance: significantin the changelog file.