Re: $thisdir for package.conf?

On 12 August 2010 02:20, Greg Fitzgerald wrote:

Is there a way for a package.conf file to contain paths that are relative to the directory containing the .conf file?  GHC 6.12.1 chokes on relative paths.  I see the problem is solved for GHC's core libraries with the $topdir variable.  Is there something like a $thisdir we could use in inplace .conf files?

We came up with a specification for this but it is not yet implemented: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2009-May/011772.html http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3268 Patches welcome. Duncan