On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:59:44AM +0100, Petr Rockai wrote:
> Trent W.Buck <[email protected]> writes:
> > postConf isn't working here, and I don't know why. I get the
> > following, but ls can see doc/darcs.1, and I confirmed with
> > getCurrentDirectory that $PWD is in the right place. So WTF?
> Do you mean postBuild instead of postConf?
I meant postCopy.
> > $ cabal copy --destdir=`mktemp -d`
> > [2 of 2] Compiling Main ( Setup.lhs, dist/setup/Main.o )
> > Linking ./dist/setup/setup ...
> > Installing library in
> > /tmp/tmp.HMnIvPPrnP/home/twb/.cabal/lib/darcs-2.2.0/ghc-6.10.1
> > Installing executable(s) in /tmp/tmp.HMnIvPPrnP/home/twb/.cabal/bin
> > setup: doc/darcs.1 : copyFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)
> Yes, this is pretty weird. Can you strace?
Looking into it now.
> > hunk ./Setup.lhs 90
> > -- Call the ordinary build code
> > buildHook simpleUserHooks pkg' lbi' hooks flags,
>
> > + postBuild = \ _ _ _ _ -> do
> > + -- Create darcs.1
> > + system "dist/build/darcs/darcs help manpage >doc/darcs.1"
> > + return (),
> > + postCopy = \ _ _ pkg lbi -> do
> > + -- Install darcs.1 into ${mandir}.
> > + let dir = mandir $ absoluteInstallDirs pkg lbi NoCopyDest
> > + copyFile "doc/darcs.1 " $ dir </> "man1/darcs.1",
> However, working or not, this is wrong, you should not create the manpage in
> the source tree. Instead, you need to create it somewhere under
> dist/... Moreover, hardcoding "dist" is not the best idea ever either.
I agree on all points. I want to get it *working*, and only then
worry about getting it working *correctly*.
>
> cwd <- getCurrentDirectory
> let abs = isAbsolute $ buildDir lbi
> path = (if abs then id else (cwd </>))
> (buildDir lbi </> "darcs")
Will look into that eventually...
> You could probably factor that out and use it in your code as well (or maybe
> something like this is already hidden in Cabal somewhere, I just haven't found
> it.)
Distribution.Simple.InstallDirs.fromPathTemplate? Just a guess.
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