Please start with the hs-plugins repo on code.haskell.org, since it's
already updated for ghc 6.8,
http://code.haskell.org/~dons/code/hs-plugins/
valery.vv:
> Hi,
>
> (The message below contains bunch of "preformatted" sections.
> I hope it's still readable, otherwise, please, let me know.)
>
> My quest is to install lambdabot (for the sake of offline [EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> and [EMAIL PROTECTED]' commands), and the one depends on `plugins'.
>
> 1) plugins.cabal should be updated
> ----------------------------------
>
> A patch to .cabal file[1] is needed to get rid of config-time
> warning[2] and resolve build-time errors[3].
>
> [1]
> vvv:~/src/plugins-1.0$ diff -u plugins.cabal{.orig,}
> --- plugins.cabal.orig 2008-01-06 22:23:44.657177486 +0200
> +++ plugins.cabal 2008-01-06 22:25:45.160728537 +0200
> @@ -33,6 +33,6 @@
> src/Language/Hi/hschooks.c
> includes: Linker.h
> extensions: CPP, ForeignFunctionInterface
> -Build-Depends: base, Cabal, haskell-src
> +Build-Depends: base, Cabal, haskell-src, array, containers,
> directory, random, process
> ghc-options: -Wall -O -fasm -funbox-strict-fields
> -fno-warn-missing-signatures
> -hs-source-dir: src
> +hs-source-dirs: src
>
> [2]
> vvv:~/src/plugins-1.0$ runhaskell Setup configure --prefix=$HOME --user
> Warning: The field "hs-source-dir" is deprecated, please use
> "hs-source-dirs"
> Configuring plugins-1.0...
> [...]
>
> [3]
> vvv:~/src/plugins-1.0$ runhaskell Setup build
> Preprocessing library plugins-1.0...
> Building plugins-1.0...
>
> src/Language/Hi/Binary.hs:90:7:
> Could not find module `Data.Array.Base':
> it is a member of package array-0.1, which is hidden
>
> 2) it doesn't build with Cabal-1.3.2
> ------------------------------------
>
> `InstalledPackageInfo' is a type alias in GHC's Cabal[4], not a data
> constructor; `plugins' library[5] gets confused[6].
>
> [4]
> vvv:~/src$ diff -u
> cabal-1.2.2.0/Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.hs
> ghc/libraries/Cabal/Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.hs
> --- cabal-1.2.2.0/Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.hs 2007-11-01
> 17:02:35.000000000 +0200
> +++ ghc/libraries/Cabal/Distribution/InstalledPackageInfo.hs
> 2007-12-17 17:53:21.691532864 +0200
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
> -- This module is meant to be local-only to Distribution...
>
> module Distribution.InstalledPackageInfo (
> - InstalledPackageInfo(..),
> + InstalledPackageInfo_(..), InstalledPackageInfo,
> ParseResult(..), PError(..), PWarning,
> emptyInstalledPackageInfo,
> parseInstalledPackageInfo,
> @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -- The InstalledPackageInfo type
>
> -data InstalledPackageInfo
> - = InstalledPackageInfo {
> +data InstalledPackageInfo_ m
> + = InstalledPackageInfo_ {
> -- these parts are exactly the same as PackageDescription
> package :: PackageIdentifier,
> license :: License,
> @@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
> category :: String,
> -- these parts are required by an installed package only:
> exposed :: Bool,
> - exposedModules :: [String],
> - hiddenModules :: [String],
> + exposedModules :: [m],
> + hiddenModules :: [m],
> importDirs :: [FilePath], -- contain sources in case of
> Hugs
> libraryDirs :: [FilePath],
> hsLibraries :: [String],
> @@ -107,9 +107,11 @@
> }
> deriving (Read, Show)
>
> -emptyInstalledPackageInfo :: InstalledPackageInfo
> +type InstalledPackageInfo = InstalledPackageInfo_ String
> +
> +emptyInstalledPackageInfo :: InstalledPackageInfo_ m
> emptyInstalledPackageInfo
> - = InstalledPackageInfo {
> + = InstalledPackageInfo_ {
> package = PackageIdentifier "" noVersion,
> license = AllRightsReserved,
> copyright = "",
>
> [5]
> vvv:~/src/plugins-1.0$ sed -n 64,66p src/System/Plugins/PackageAPI.hs
> updImportDirs f pk@(InstalledPackageInfo { importDirs = idirs }) =
> pk { importDirs = f idirs }
> updLibraryDirs f pk@(InstalledPackageInfo { libraryDirs = ldirs }) =
>
> [6]
> vvv:~/src/plugins-1.0$ runhaskell Setup build
> Preprocessing library plugins-1.0...
> Building plugins-1.0...
> [ 1 of 24] Compiling System.Plugins.Process (
> src/System/Plugins/Process.hs, dist/build/System/Plugins/Process.o )
> [ 2 of 24] Compiling System.Plugins.Parser (
> src/System/Plugins/Parser.hs, dist/build/System/Plugins/Parser.o )
> [ 3 of 24] Compiling System.Plugins.ParsePkgConfCabal (
> src/System/Plugins/ParsePkgConfCabal.hs,
> dist/build/System/Plugins/ParsePkgConfCabal.o )
> [ 4 of 24] Compiling System.Plugins.PackageAPI (
> src/System/Plugins/PackageAPI.hs,
> dist/build/System/Plugins/PackageAPI.o )
>
> src/System/Plugins/PackageAPI.hs:64:20:
> Not in scope: data constructor `InstalledPackageInfo'
>
> src/System/Plugins/PackageAPI.hs:66:21:
> Not in scope: data constructor `InstalledPackageInfo'
>
> I would like to hear your suggestions.
>
> Should I try harder[7] installing Cabal-1.2.2.0?
> Or is this a bug of GHC's Cabal? In this case I've just reported it. :)
>
> [7]
> vvv:~/src/cabal-1.2.2.0$ runhaskell Setup configure --prefix=$HOME --user
> Configuring Cabal-1.2.2.0...
> Setup: At least the following dependencies are missing:
> base <3, filepath -any
> vvv:~/src/cabal-1.2.2.0$ runhaskell Setup configure --prefix=$HOME
> --user -f small_base
> Configuring Cabal-1.2.2.0...
> Setup: At least the following dependencies are missing:
> base >=3,
> pretty -any,
> directory -any,
> old-time -any,
> process -any,
> containers -any,
> filepath -any
> vvv:~/src/cabal-1.2.2.0$ ghc-pkg list
> /home/vvv/lib/ghc-6.9.20080104/package.conf:
> Cabal-1.3.2, array-0.1, base-3.0, bytestring-0.9, containers-0.1,
> directory-1.0, filepath-1.1, (ghc-6.9.20080104), haskell98-1.0.1,
> hpc-0.5, old-locale-1.0, old-time-1.0, packedstring-0.1,
> pretty-1.0, process-1.0, random-1.0, readline-1.0.1, rts-1.0,
> template-haskell-2.2, unix-2.2
> /home/vvv/.ghc/i386-linux-6.9.20080104/package.conf:
> X11-1.4.1, binary-0.4.1, haskell-src-1.0.1.1, mtl-1.1.0.0,
> network-2.1.0.0, parsec-2.1.0.0, xmonad-0.5, xmonad-contrib-0.5
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Happy hacking!
>
> --
> vvv
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