Re: [Haskell-cafe] Listing native package requirements based on cabal information

Hi Alexander,

Such requirement (dependency on executable) can't be covered by the cabal file (at least with 'simple' build type).

it's true that Cabal lacks a field specifically for such run-time dependencies, but in the absence of such a stanza using "build-tools" is a good workaround. The build process can then determine the complete path of, say, lsof and bake it into the binary. It's a work-around, though, abusing build-tools in this way is far from ideal. Take care, Peter