On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Peter Selinger <selin...@mathstat.dal.ca> wrote: > thanks for your reply! So say my package directory contains two files: > > Test.hs > PreProc.hs > > What you are suggesting is: > > ghc Test.hs -F -pgmF ./PreProc > > However, this gives the error message: > > ghc: could not execute: ./PreProc > > And indeed, while GHC is smart enough to automatically run a > preprocessor, it is not smart enough to automatically *compile* the > preprocessor. So it needs to be compiled beforehand, which would be > Cabal's job.
Not per se. You could try making it executable, and prepending a line like: #!/usr/bin/env runhaskell That way you can run your preprocessor like a script, without compiling it. Erik _______________________________________________ cabal-devel mailing list cabal-devel@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel
