March 2010 - FreeBSD-haskell

What's the point of the cabal freebsd ports?
by Tim Matthews 30 Mar '10

30 Mar '10

Some of the cabal ports have there own freebsd ports but not many and the ones that are there are usually old anyway. Luckily the cabal packages on hackage work just fine and I was installing manually each one like: runhaskell Setup.lhs configure --user runhaskell Setup.lhs build runhaskell Setup.lhs install because I was assuming that there was some reason why cabal-install could not be used on freebsd. Eventually I realized that this was not true and installing the packages that have lots of dependencies actually became more worthwhile as it was very tedious before. I was then using cabal with the exception of choosing the port versions if they existed as if there would be some advantage in doing so. It wasn't long before I ran into a port that didn't build (maybe because it was old) so I tried letting cabal just pull the later one from hackage. This built just fine. I shall probably remove the other freebsd haskell ports from my system and replace with updated hackage ones. What's the point of all this? I think if freebsd only had ports for the basic stuff like haskell platform and other compilers then it could potentially make it easier for the devs/testers to finally get the updated ghc 6.12.1 version in the main tree. Sorry if this sounds harsh but it seems like the current setup is stale, messy and inconsistent which could be trimmed down, maintained + cabal is a package that really does need to be in the ports but currently isn't so. Thanks

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Periodic Update Summary for Hackage Ports
by HackageDB Port Checking Service 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

Current Time: Sun Mar 28 00:00:25 UTC 2010 The list of ports to be updated: alex 2.3.1 -> 2.3.3 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) cgi 3001.1.7.1 -> 3001.1.8.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) checkers 0.2.4 -> 0.2.6 (jacula(a)gmail.com) convertible 1.0.7 -> 1.0.9 (jacula(a)gmail.com) cpphs 1.9 -> 1.11 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) darcs 2.2.0 -> 2.4 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) datetime 0.1 -> 0.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) ghc-paths 0.1.0.5 -> 0.1.0.6 (jacula(a)gmail.com) haddock 2.4.2 -> 2.7.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) haskell-src-exts 1.5.3 -> 1.8.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) haxml 1.20 -> 1.20.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) highlighting-kate 0.2.5.1 -> 0.2.6.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) hint 0.3.2.1 -> 0.3.2.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) hscolour 1.15 -> 1.16 (jacula(a)gmail.com) hslogger 1.0.7 -> 1.0.10 (jacula(a)gmail.com) MissingH 1.1.0.1 -> 1.1.0.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) MonadCatchIO-mtl 0.2.0.0 -> 0.3.0.0 (jacula(a)gmail.com) pandoc 1.4 -> 1.5.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) pcre-light 0.3.1 -> 0.3.1.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) QuickCheck 2.1.0.2 -> 2.1.0.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) SHA 1.4.0 -> 1.4.1.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) show 0.3.3 -> 0.3.4 (jacula(a)gmail.com) tagsoup 0.6 -> 0.8 (jacula(a)gmail.com) texmath 0.1.1 -> 0.2.0.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) transformers 0.1.4.0 -> 0.2.0.0 (jacula(a)gmail.com) TypeCompose 0.6.7 -> 0.7.0 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uniplate 1.2.0.3 -> 1.5.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) url 2.1 -> 2.1.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uuagc 0.9.12 -> 0.9.14 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uulib 0.9.10 -> 0.9.12 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uvector 0.1.1.0 -> 0.1.1.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) vector-space 0.5.7 -> 0.6.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) zip-archive 0.1.1.4 -> 0.1.1.6 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) 33 ports total.

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Periodic Update Summary for Hackage Ports
by HackageDB Port Checking Service 20 Mar '10

20 Mar '10

Current Time: Sun Mar 21 00:00:20 UTC 2010 The list of ports to be updated: alex 2.3.1 -> 2.3.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) cgi 3001.1.7.1 -> 3001.1.7.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) checkers 0.2.4 -> 0.2.5 (jacula(a)gmail.com) convertible 1.0.7 -> 1.0.9 (jacula(a)gmail.com) cpphs 1.9 -> 1.11 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) darcs 2.2.0 -> 2.4 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) datetime 0.1 -> 0.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) ghc-paths 0.1.0.5 -> 0.1.0.6 (jacula(a)gmail.com) haddock 2.4.2 -> 2.7.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) haskell-src-exts 1.5.3 -> 1.8.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) haxml 1.20 -> 1.20.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) highlighting-kate 0.2.5.1 -> 0.2.6.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) hint 0.3.2.1 -> 0.3.2.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) hscolour 1.15 -> 1.16 (jacula(a)gmail.com) hslogger 1.0.7 -> 1.0.10 (jacula(a)gmail.com) MissingH 1.1.0.1 -> 1.1.0.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) MonadCatchIO-mtl 0.2.0.0 -> 0.3.0.0 (jacula(a)gmail.com) pandoc 1.4 -> 1.5 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) pcre-light 0.3.1 -> 0.3.1.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) QuickCheck 2.1.0.2 -> 2.1.0.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) SHA 1.4.0 -> 1.4.1.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) show 0.3.3 -> 0.3.4 (jacula(a)gmail.com) tagsoup 0.6 -> 0.8 (jacula(a)gmail.com) texmath 0.1.1 -> 0.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) TypeCompose 0.6.7 -> 0.7.0 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uniplate 1.2.0.3 -> 1.5.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) url 2.1 -> 2.1.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uuagc 0.9.12 -> 0.9.14 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uulib 0.9.10 -> 0.9.12 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uvector 0.1.1.0 -> 0.1.1.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) vector-space 0.5.7 -> 0.6.0 (jacula(a)gmail.com) zip-archive 0.1.1.4 -> 0.1.1.6 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) 32 ports total.

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"Cabal is Not a Package Manager"
by Gabor PALI 15 Mar '10

15 Mar '10

For your information: http://ivanmiljenovic.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/repeat-after-me-cabal-is-not… :g

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Howto deal with Cabal dependencies?
by david fries 14 Mar '10

14 Mar '10

Hi guys As you probably know Cabal packages sometimes have some very complicated dependencies including dependencies to older versions of a library or module. What's the best way to deal with this from the perspective of FreeBSD's ports? Can we have different versions of a port in the portstree so that a you can specify a suitable version in the *DEPENDS? I'm working on such a Cabal package at the moment. It has dependencies to an old version of the network and time module, respectively. regards, dave

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Periodic Update Summary for Hackage Ports
by HackageDB Port Checking Service 13 Mar '10

13 Mar '10

Current Time: Sun Mar 14 00:00:30 UTC 2010 The list of ports to be updated: alex 2.3.1 -> 2.3.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) cgi 3001.1.7.1 -> 3001.1.7.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) convertible 1.0.7 -> 1.0.9 (jacula(a)gmail.com) cpphs 1.9 -> 1.11 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) darcs 2.2.0 -> 2.4 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) datetime 0.1 -> 0.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) ghc-paths 0.1.0.5 -> 0.1.0.6 (jacula(a)gmail.com) haddock 2.4.2 -> 2.6.0 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) haskell-src-exts 1.5.3 -> 1.8.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) haxml 1.20 -> 1.20.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) highlighting-kate 0.2.5.1 -> 0.2.6.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) hint 0.3.2.1 -> 0.3.2.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) hscolour 1.15 -> 1.16 (jacula(a)gmail.com) hslogger 1.0.7 -> 1.0.10 (jacula(a)gmail.com) MissingH 1.1.0.1 -> 1.1.0.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) pcre-light 0.3.1 -> 0.3.1.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) QuickCheck 2.1.0.2 -> 2.1.0.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) SHA 1.4.0 -> 1.4.1.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) show 0.3.3 -> 0.3.4 (jacula(a)gmail.com) tagsoup 0.6 -> 0.8 (jacula(a)gmail.com) texmath 0.1.1 -> 0.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) TypeCompose 0.6.7 -> 0.6.8 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uniplate 1.2.0.3 -> 1.5.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) url 2.1 -> 2.1.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uuagc 0.9.12 -> 0.9.14 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uulib 0.9.10 -> 0.9.12 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uvector 0.1.1.0 -> 0.1.1.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) zip-archive 0.1.1.4 -> 0.1.1.6 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) 28 ports total.

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Periodic Update Summary for Hackage Ports
by HackageDB Port Checking Service 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Current Time: Sun Mar 7 00:00:12 UTC 2010 The list of ports to be updated: alex 2.3.1 -> 2.3.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) cgi 3001.1.7.1 -> 3001.1.7.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) convertible 1.0.7 -> 1.0.9 (jacula(a)gmail.com) cpphs 1.9 -> 1.11 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) darcs 2.2.0 -> 2.4 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) datetime 0.1 -> 0.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) ghc-paths 0.1.0.5 -> 0.1.0.6 (jacula(a)gmail.com) haddock 2.4.2 -> 2.6.0 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) haskell-src-exts 1.5.3 -> 1.8.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) haxml 1.20 -> 1.20.2 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) highlighting-kate 0.2.5.1 -> 0.2.6.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) hint 0.3.2.1 -> 0.3.2.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) hscolour 1.15 -> 1.16 (jacula(a)gmail.com) hslogger 1.0.7 -> 1.0.10 (jacula(a)gmail.com) MissingH 1.1.0.1 -> 1.1.0.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) pcre-light 0.3.1 -> 0.3.1.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) QuickCheck 2.1.0.2 -> 2.1.0.3 (jacula(a)gmail.com) SHA 1.4.0 -> 1.4.1.1 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) show 0.3.3 -> 0.3.4 (jacula(a)gmail.com) tagsoup 0.6 -> 0.8 (jacula(a)gmail.com) texmath 0.1.1 -> 0.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) TypeCompose 0.6.7 -> 0.6.8 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uniplate 1.2.0.3 -> 1.5.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) url 2.1 -> 2.1.2 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uuagc 0.9.12 -> 0.9.14 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uulib 0.9.10 -> 0.9.12 (jacula(a)gmail.com) uvector 0.1.1.0 -> 0.1.1.1 (jacula(a)gmail.com) zip-archive 0.1.1.4 -> 0.1.1.6 (haskell(a)FreeBSD.org) 28 ports total.

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status of 6.12?
by brad clawsie 05 Mar '10

05 Mar '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, i was wondering if there are plans to update the freebsd port to 6.12 soon? thanks brad -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkuKDoEACgkQxRg3RkRK91O22wCcDtV44verGM5osYsmOO1COmvz WJgAn201orM8hSUsk+s2h7y/w5/Ey46U =wGn+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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