On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 00:47 +1000, Jens Petersen wrote: > On 25 November 2010 23:26, Axel Simon <axel.si...@in.tum.de> wrote: > > You suggest that Setup.hs fails to compile if the > > gtk2hs-buildtools package is not installed? > > I hadn't really thought it through when I originally suggested it, > but yeah pretty much... given that gtk2hs-buildtools is needed > for nearly all the packages anyway it doesn't seem so big a deal to me. > Anyway I understand if you prefer to keep copying Gtk2HsSetup for now. :) > > Of course it might faster to write a patch for Cabal. :)
Yes. What is needs is an addition to the Cabal spec and an implementation in the Cabal lib and cabal-install tool. We need to be able to specify that the *build system* for the package depends on the given packages. Currently it is assumed that the Setup.hs will just magically compile, which means it is assumed that it depends only on the core libs that are always available (which includes the Cabal lib). Anyone implementing a totally custom build system runs into this problem. It's on the TODO list for Cabal 2.x but it would not hurt to do it sooner. Patches most welcome :-) Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Gtk2hs-devel mailing list Gtk2hs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk2hs-devel
