daniel.is.fischer: > Am Sonntag, 30. November 2008 20:46 schrieb Don Stewart: > > andrewcoppin: > > > Thomas Schilling wrote: > > > >Cabal-the-install-tool (package "cabal-install") is actually a > > > >different program that sits on top of Cabal-the-library, and it is in > > > >fact what really provides the real advantages. Together with Hackage > > > >this is what provides the killer feature of "cabal install foo", > > > >however it relies on the building features and meta-data of Cabal. > > > > > > As I understand it, that's also a seperate download. (Whereas the cabal > > > library comes with GHC.) > > > > > > One day, if I feel hard-core enough, I might try this tool. (Assuming it > > > works on Windows...) It sounds potentially useful. (Although most actual > > > packages typically have one, maybe two dependencies that aren't already > > > installed, if that.) > > > > *if* .. *might* .. *assuming* .. *potentially* .. *maybe* .. *if*.. > > > > You could have built it by now! > > > > Source: > > > > http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/cabal-install/0.6.0/cabal-insta > >ll-0.6.0.tar.gz > > > > Dependencies that aren't in core: > > > > http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/HTTP/3001.1.5/HTTP-3001.1.5.tar > >.gz > > http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/zlib/0.5.0.0/zlib-0.5.0.0.tar.g > >z > > > > Note the last one assumes you have zlib the C library installed. This > > should be straight forward to obtain. > > Not even necessary, it comes with its own for windows: > if !os(windows) > -- Normally we use the the standard system zlib: > extra-libraries: z > else > -- However for the benefit of users of Windows (which does not have zlib > -- by default) we bundle a complete copy of the C sources of zlib-1.2.3 > c-sources: cbits/adler32.c cbits/compress.c cbits/crc32.c > cbits/deflate.c cbits/gzio.c cbits/infback.c > cbits/inffast.c cbits/inflate.c cbits/inftrees.c > cbits/trees.c cbits/uncompr.c cbits/zutil.c > >
Even easier. Now there's no excuse for the ifs and buts and maybes. -- Don _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe