Re: Platform features (was Re: Pandoc build status?)

[Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org>]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 09:48:02PM +0000, Clint Adams wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:40:50PM +0200, Iustin Pop wrote:
> > - TH not supported on arches A, B, C & how to detect at build time
> 
> DEB_SETUP_GHC_CONFIGURE_ARGS += $(shell test -e /usr/lib/ghc/bin/ghci || echo --flags=-th)
> 
> Also if your test suite relies on TH, you can do something like
> 
> DEB_ENABLE_TESTS = $(shell test -e /usr/lib/ghc/bin/ghci && echo yes)
> 
> > - threaded not supported on all arches, & how to detect at build time
> 
> DEB_SETUP_GHC_CONFIGURE_ARGS += $(shell test -e /usr/lib/ghc-$(GHC_VERSION)/libHSrts_thr.a || echo --flags=-threaded)

Many thanks, very useful!

I will put these in the template (commented out, of course).

> Note that the cabal flags are not standardized, and generally
> not present upstream unless we have forwarded patches, as most
> of the Hackage developers never face these problems themselves.

Ack.

thanks,
iustin