Re: getting the -B topdir for a GHC-API app

On 10/22/06, Mathew Mills wrote:

What is the "right" way to get the topDir for use with the GHC API. I have a little app that I would like to cabalize and release, but I am not sure what is the approved way of getting the '-B' option set-up.

I think it would be great if I could use template-haskell to insert the topDir from the ghc used to compile the app, but I am not sure how to get the topDir from the compiler. Is this possible?

You can find the topDir by running: /path/to/ghc --print-libdir This setup script does almost every thing you need: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/code/hs-plugins/scripts/Setup-with-ghc.lhs -- Cheers, Lemmih