8 Jul
2009
8 Jul
'09
7:32 a.m.
2009/7/8 Matthias Görgens
One problem I see is the binary-only distribution of packages. This makes cabal-install incompatible with most distributions except, maybe, gentoo. The automation process would have to run through hackageDB tracking dependencies and compiling each needed library. Pretty hard stuff...
Yes. The sanest approach for any distribution would seem to install are bare bones ghc + cabal (cabal install) and let the cabal package system do the hard work directly.
That wouldn't work, as cabal dependancies don't allow downloading the appropriate C libraries from the distribution repositories when needed.