I would like to include a few source files
as 'executable' sections in a .cabal package description. However, although I do want to use main=mainDefault features, I do not want those packages to be installed when I run 'Setup.hs install'.
Yes, just use this in the executable section:
buildable: False
But I do want it to be built (so Setup will check dependencies, allow me to './Setup clean' etc.). However, I would like './Setup install' to install just the main library.
Just in case my response to you (in a previous thread that you started) wasn't clear, EMGM also provides an example of this feature. See the Cabal configuration file. http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/emgm/0.1/emgm.cabal Follow the use of the 'test' flag in that file. By running "./Setup configure" with no flags, 'test' is False. When you run "./Setup configure -ftest", 'test' is true. Look for the use of 'buildable' w.r.t. 'test'. Regards, Sean