Re: [Haskell-beginners] Cabal build dependency using a git repo

Michael Baker writes:

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Peter Jones wrote:

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Michael Baker writes:

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I have a library which isn't on Hackage that I would like to use as a

build

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dependency in another project. In Rubygems you can provide a git repository in the absence of an actual Rubygems repository.

Use a git submodule (or place the source code to the package anywhere on your file system) then use `cabal sandbox add-source <path>`. Provided of course that you're using cabal sandboxes.

What is commonly done if you aren't using sandboxes? I would rather not use them in an effort to make installing this project easier on my users, because the current Haskell Platform doesn't have sandboxes yet.

I believe it's possible to run your own installation of the Hackage server or at least host packages on a web server under a specific directory structure. You can then configure cabal to fetch packages from your private Hackage mirror. Then you just host your private packages and any necessary public packages. More details: http://comonad.com/reader/2012/hackage-mirror/ -- Peter Jones, Founder, Devalot.com Defending the honor of good code