#179: support GHC's main-is extension ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: duncan | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: low | Milestone: _|_ Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.2.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: wontfix Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.4.2 | Platform: Linux ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment(by cjs): Replying to [comment:13 duncan]:

The reason we do not support `-main-is` is because it is a ghc-specific extension that does not work for other Haskell implementations.

That's pretty lame; many people write a lot of other code that works only under ghc for many other reasons. Why not just supposed ghc-specific extensions and let the build fail gracefully if someone's not using ghc? -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/179#comment:15 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects