Re: finding the dependecies of cabal packages

Brian Smith writes:

On 7/27/05, Duncan Coutts wrote:

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In particular the ebuild must list all the dependencies of the package. Required Haskell libraries are listed in the "build-depends:" field in the cabal file, so that one is easy. However it is not clear how to find out the build tools that the cabal package requires.

First of all, you would have to parse the Setup.lhs/Setup.hs file to determine which build infrastructure is being used, whether any hooks are being used, etc. Assuming that the build infrastructure is "Simple" and there are no hooks being used, then you have choices:

(snip) That's a little over-the-top; maybe that's your point, though I don't see any problem with adding a new field for tools, not just packages. I think that would solve Duncan's problem. peace, isaac