Hi all,
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Ben Lippmeier <b...@ouroborus.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I thought I'd take a moment to mention that the GHC build system is basically
> unmaintainable by anyone except the original authors. It's clear that a
> heroic effort has been made to fit a square peg into a round hole, and I
> *want* to help, but stuff like this makes my eyes hurt:
>
> $$($$($1_PACKAGE)-$$($1_$2_VERSION)_HADDOCK_DEPS) | $$$$(dir $$$$@)/.
>
> So does this:
>
> $$(foreach pkg,$$($1_$2_DEPS),$$(if
> $$($$(pkg)_HADDOCK_FILE),--read-interface=../$$(pkg)$$(comma)../$$(pkg)/src/%{MODULE/./-}.html\#%{NAME}$$(comma)$$($$(pkg)_HADDOCK_FILE)))
>
> and this:
>
> $$(foreach p,$$(patsubst libraries/%,%,$$(wildcard $$(shell grep '^[^ #][^
> ]* \+\(dph\|extra\) \+[^ ]\+ \+[^ ]\+ \+[^ ]\+' packages | sed 's/ .*//')))
>
> I once heard that you should write your code like it'll be read by a
> psychotic axe murder that knows where you live. Suffice to say, I don't own
> any axes, nor am I planning on buying any. Axes aren't really my thing. What
> *is* my thing is helping to write GHC, but this is very difficult when faced
> with write-only code.
>
> Ben.
After having spent about 8 hours trying to add a new static library as
a dependency of ghc-prim I feel with you. I've read all the wiki
pages, make -p:ed myself to death, tried to imitate other files, read
through examples, read through the make docs, but to no avail. I
cannot make it work.
Johan
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