#217: Main modules in .hsc files are not included in sdist ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: gwern | Owner: Type: defect | Status: reopened Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.4 Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): Replying to [comment:7 ross@soi.city.ac.uk]:

I think it would be most intuitive if `main-is` always named the source file containing the Main module, i.e. if {{{ main-is: Hslock.hsc }}} worked for both build and sdist.

On reflection, I'm not so sure. In general when we have arbitrary pre- processors there may be a tree of files used to generate a source module/file. So it's right to name the module or ultimate file rather than one of the files used to generate it (if indeed it is generated from another file at all). So in the general case it is the only thing we can name. It's also a good deal easier in the code, it means we do not have to pass into the per-compiler code where the pre-processed .hs/.lhs file is to be found (something we do not do for exposed/other-modules). It means the per-compiler build code can just assume the file has been generated and can be found in the search path. So I'll take a look at fixing the src dist side of things, so that it finds the stuff used to generate the main .hs/.lhs and includes that into the tarball. It should be just a minor adaption on what the code does already for the other-modules. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/217#comment:10 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects