#306: can't figure out how to use data-files ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: claus | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: normal | Ghcversion: 6.9 Platform: | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- looking into the docs, `data-files` seem easy. but when i try this: {{{ -- p.cabal name: p version: 0 license: BSD3 build-depends: base build-type: Simple exposed-modules: P data-files: file }}} {{{ -- Setup.hs import Distribution.Simple main = defaultMain }}} {{{ -- P.hs module P(file) where import Paths_p file = getDataFileName "file" }}} {{{ -- file data here }}} installation succeeds, but usage doesn't: {{{ $ runhaskell Setup.hs --version Cabal library version 1.5.1 $ runhaskell Setup.hs configure --prefix=c:/ghc/libraries --datadir='$prefix' Configuring p-0... $ runhaskell Setup.hs build -v Creating dist\build (and its parents) Creating dist\build\autogen (and its parents) Preprocessing library p-0... Building p-0... Building library... Creating dist\build (and its parents) c:\ghc\ghc-6.9.20080514\bin\ghc.exe -package-name p-0 --make -hide-all- packages -i -idist\build -i. -idist\build\autogen -Idist\build -odir dist\build -hidir dist\build -stubdir dist\build -package ba se-3.0 -O P [1 of 2] Compiling Paths_p ( dist\build\autogen\Paths_p.hs, dist\build\Paths_p.o ) [2 of 2] Compiling P ( P.hs, dist\build\P.o ) Linking... c:\ghc\ghc-6.9.20080514\bin\ar.exe q dist\build\libHSp-0.a dist\build\P.o c:\ghc\ghc-6.9.20080514\bin\ar.exe: creating dist\build\libHSp-0.a c:\ghc\ghc-6.9.20080514\gcc-lib\ld.exe -x -r -o dist\build\HSp-0.o.tmp dist\build\P.o $ runhaskell Setup.hs install Installing: c:/ghc/libraries\p-0\ghc-6.9.20080514 Registering p-0... Reading package info from "dist\\installed-pkg-config" ... done. Saving old package config file... done. Writing new package config file... done. }}} {{{ $ ghcii.sh GHCi, version 6.9.20080514: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Prelude> :browse P file :: IO FilePath Prelude> P.file Loading package p-0 ... linking ... <interactive>: c:/ghc/libraries\p-0\ghc-6.9.20080514\HSp-0.o: unknown symbol `___stginit_pzm0_Pathszup_' ghc.exe: unable to load package `p-0' Prelude> :set -package p package flags have changed, ressetting and loading new packages... Loading package p-0 ... linking ... ghc.exe: c:/ghc/libraries\p-0\ghc-6.9.20080514\HSp-0.o: unknown symbol `___stginit_pzm0_Pathszup_' ghc.exe: unable to load package `p-0'
}}} what am i doing wrong? -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/306 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects