Re: package.conf in ghc 6.4

1 Apr 2005


      On Mar 31, 2005 1:46 PM, Robert van Herk  wrote:
...
Hi all,
I am using ghc 6.4 on a Mac, with the binary distribution available from
your site.
I have a suspision that the package.conf file distributed with it, is
incorrect. I am trying to install HSQL. During installation, it issues
the command:
/usr/local/bin/ghc-pkg -u -g -i hsql.pkg
with yields:
Reading package info from "hsql.pkg" ghc-pkg: Line 1: Invalid
syntax (no colon after field name)
To me, the hsql.pkg file looks sane:
Package
    {name = "hsql",
     auto=True,
     import_dirs = ["/Users/rherk/soft/HSQL/lib/HSQL/GHC/imports"],
     source_dirs = [],
     library_dirs =
["/Users/rherk/soft/HSQL/lib/HSQL/GHC","/Users/rherk/soft/mysql/lib/mysql"],
     hs_libraries = ["HSsql"],
     extra_libraries = ["mysqlclient","mysqlclient","m","z"],
     include_dirs = [],
     c_includes = [],
     package_deps = ["base"],
     extra_ghc_opts = [],
     extra_cc_opts = [],
     extra_ld_opts = [],
     framework_dirs = [],
     extra_frameworks = []
    }
However, the package.conf file looks somewhat strange (and huge). I have
attached it to this mail.
Could you please tell me what is wrong?
Haskell has got a new package system[1] so you have to re-package
everything. Several people, including me, have already cabalized HSQL
but I'm not aware of any accessible online. Stop by at #haskell
irc.freenode.net and we'll work something out.

[1]: http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/Cabal/index.html

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Friendly,
  Lemmih