#216: need a way to specify the foreign libraries a package depends on ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: ross@soi.city.ac.uk | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: major | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Linux ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Changes (by dons): * cc: dons@galois.com (added) Comment: In addition, we can see the lack of checking for the existence of C libs breaking test builds on hackage, and breaking cabal-install downloads. pcre-light is a good example: no way to test pcre.h is available, without resorting to autoconf. One solution here might be to reuse/duplicate autoconf functionality to check if extra-libraries are available? -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/216#comment:2 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects