I have a whish for the GHC `making' possibilities.
ghc-5* -package-name --make
is said trying to replace Makefile. But it is half-successful. * First, it needs -ohi option working (to move .hi -s to chosen directory).
I've added a -hidir option which should do the right thing.
* Second, could GHC provide options for creating libraries, adding to library?
This might make it easier to build a library from Haskell files, but it would also be duplicating functionality that is already available. I don't see it as a priority, I'm afraid.
Explanation. With ghc-4, I used Makefile and -odir, -ohi options to provide the project installation. Makefile contained (1) the project directory tree description, variables holding the list of names for the .hs, .hi, .o files, rules to convert .hs --> .o, and such. Also it contained the library creation part: (2) foo: $(objectFiles) ar -q export/libHSfoo.a `ls export/*.o` ranlib export/libHSfoo.a rm -f `ls export/*.o`
So you can use the same makefile, but you can replace part (1) with a single rule which uses --make. Cheers, Simon