Hi list, I have questions about how the haskell-platform is working with Arch. I must be missing something, please correct me : - The haskell-platform package is a bundle of libraries/tools of specific versions that works well together - Each new version of the haskell-platform updates those libraries/tools to a more recent versions But then, when I look at the PKGBUILD of haskell-platform, why does it have all the content of the platform declared as dependencies ? And if everything is installed as dependencies, why is the haskell-platform tarball downloaded anyway ?
depends=('gmp' 'ghc' 'haskell-cabal' 'haskell-glut=2.1.1.2' 'haskell-http=4000.0.6' 'haskell-opengl=2.2.1.1' 'haskell-cgi=3001.1.7.1' 'haskell-editline=0.2.1.0' 'haskell-fgl=5.4.2.2' 'haskell-network=2.2.1.4' 'haskell-time=1.1.2.4' 'haskell-zlib=0.5.0.0' 'cabal-install' 'alex' 'happy' 'haddock')
Right now haskell-platform fails to install because community repo contains haskell-http version 4000.0.7, while AUR contains the 4000.0.6 version, and yaourt somehow fails to pick the right version - the problem can be solved easily, but needs human intervention. As all libraries/tools included in haskell-platform have their own independent release-cycles on Hackage, does it mean that the "Hackage -> AUR bridge" delays the releases of haskell-platform dependencies so they match the haskell-platform release cycle ? I wonder why the haskell-platform PKGBUILD doesn't declare its content by using the "provides" parameter, and avoid conflicts with the latest versions of those libraries on AUR by also listing them in the "replaces" parameter. Anyway, thanks for all the work you are achieving ! Cheers Tom