debian-haskell November 2007

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GHC 6.6, bzlib, and Cabal 1.2
by Jeremy Shaw 21 Nov '07

21 Nov '07

Hello, I wanted to package bzlib and zlib for use with ghc 6.6: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/bzlib-0.4.0.1 http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/zlib-0.4.0.1 But they requires Cabal >= 1.2.1. Are there any plans to package cabal 1.2.1 for use with ghc 6.6? Cabal 1.2.1 is not a drop in placement for 1.1.3. I have found the following issuse: 1. .installed-pkg-config -> dist/installed-pkg-config The file .installed-pkg-config was moved to dist/installed-pkg-config, which breaks anything that expects to find it in the old location. For example, any package that uses haskell-devscripts. haskell-devscripts is easily fixed by modifying /usr/bin/dh_haskell_install and changing the line to: safesystem("cp .installed-pkg-config $tmp" . getcabalpkglibpath($pkgtype) . "/installed-pkg-config || cp dist/installed-pkg-config $tmp" . getcabalpkglibpath($pkgtype) . "/installed-pkg-config"); But, I am not sure how many other packages would break as a result of the filename being changed. 2. License-File: does not support files in sub directories I typically put: License-File: debian/copyright in my .cabal file, since I also provide a debian directory. However, this no longer works because it tries to copy the file to $DESTINATION/debian/copyright, but the subdirectory debian does not exist at the destination. Any comments? I could just forget about 6.6 and wait till 6.8+extralibs is ready for Debian... j.

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Re: [Debian-haskell] GHC 6.8.1 debs
by Ian Lynagh 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Hi Anders, On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 10:41:03PM -0500, Anders Kaseorg wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 21:47 +0000, Ian Lynagh wrote: > > Usual disclaimers apply, and note that different debs with the same > > version number will be uploaded to Debian. If you have any problems > > I'd like to hear about them, though. > > The fact that the packages have the same version as future Debian > packages _is_ a problem, since it will prevent APT from automatically > upgrading to the Debian packages when they become available. Why not > fix this by using a version number like 6.8.1-0igloo1 instead of > 6.8.1-1? Unfortunately this is one more thing for me to forget to change when making newer packages, so I don't do it. Sorry. > By the way, is there any progress on getting 6.8.1 into Debian? I am making progress, yes. Thanks Ian

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GHC 6.8.1 debs
by Ian Lynagh 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hi all, I've uploaded GHC 6.8.1 amd64 debs to Haskell Unsafe; see http://haskell-unsafe.alioth.debian.org/haskell-unsafe.html for details. No extralibs yet. Usual disclaimers apply, and note that different debs with the same version number will be uploaded to Debian. If you have any problems I'd like to hear about them, though. Thanks Ian

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debian-haskell November 2007