Does Cabal have a default target?

Question

If my .cabal file has multiple executables, I can single out one to build by typing the name

cabal build myExecutable

But I am lazy, and want to type just

cabal build

for a default target (I can stand the extra characters of typing for my secondary executables).

Is this possible? (I've been google'ing and looking through the cabal manual for a while now.... No definitive answer yet).

I have to do this, like, 1000 times a day....

Answer 1

You could hack something together with flags, e.g.:

    flag all
      default: False

   executable first-prog:
     buildable: True

   executable second-prog
     if flag(all)
       buildable: True
     else
       buildable: False

   executable third-prog:
     if flag(all)
       buildable: True
     else
       buildable: False

and then use cabal configure -fall; cabal build when you wanted to build everything.

Answer 2

You could use the age old solution of writing a make file and just type

$ make

into your terminal.