Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-11 Thread David Waern
2008/9/10 Claus Reinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Wouldn't it be possible to (a) switch haddock to non--make mode > and (b) just re-run every 'ghc ' command arising during 'make' > as 'haddock '? Haddock would need to write data to file for each module for that to work, similar to GHC's .hi files. I

Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-10 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:12:43AM +0100, Claus Reinke wrote: > >I've been largely ignoring messages about perceived deficiencies in the > >current build system, given the consensus is to replace it anyway, but > >it seems to me that it has gotten better, not worse, in this respect. > > Ignoring m

Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-10 Thread Claus Reinke
I've been largely ignoring messages about perceived deficiencies in the current build system, given the consensus is to replace it anyway, but it seems to me that it has gotten better, not worse, in this respect. Ignoring messages, apart from contributing to an unfriendly impression, loses the o

Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-10 Thread Simon Marlow
Ian Lynagh wrote: On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 04:15:15PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: Claus Reinke wrote: What is wrong with a proper 'make', cleaning, dependencies, and all, at least as an aim, if not yet in practice? Of course, you can move house every time your dirty plates fill your sink, so tha

Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-09 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 04:15:15PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: > Claus Reinke wrote: > > >What is wrong with a proper 'make', cleaning, dependencies, > >and all, at least as an aim, if not yet in practice? Of course, you > >can move house every time your dirty plates fill your sink, so that > >you

Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-09 Thread Simon Marlow
Claus Reinke wrote: What is wrong with a proper 'make', cleaning, dependencies, and all, at least as an aim, if not yet in practice? Of course, you can move house every time your dirty plates fill your sink, so that you have an entirely clean house in which to start the week, but that isn't more

Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-08 Thread Claus Reinke
| Starting from a fresh tree everytime or searching for files manually | don't sound realistic >Perhaps the easiest thing is to start with a fresh link-tree. >That's easy and fast -- but does not work on Windows. So your recommendation for me is to 'darcs get;darcs-all get --extra' every tim

Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-08 Thread Malcolm Wallace
"Claus Reinke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Starting from a fresh tree everytime or searching for files manually > | don't sound realistic > > >Perhaps the easiest thing is to start with a fresh link-tree. > >That's easy and fast -- but does not work on Windows. > > So your recommendation fo

Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-08 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 12:14:21PM +0100, Claus Reinke wrote: > > I always do 'make distclean' before pulling, simply because I've > been bitten too often. But recently, I still get bitten, so this isn't > extreme enough! There's nothing recent about libraries/base/GHC/Prim.hs; we stopped generat

Re: FW: darcs patch: Add extern flag to avoid multiple symbolerrorson Mac...

2008-09-08 Thread Claus Reinke
| What is the correct make target to get rid of all such generated files? | | Starting from a fresh tree everytime or searching for files manually | don't sound realistic - there must be some support in there for | getting rid of all generated left-overs (distclean presumably leaves | them there f