Oh, and there is a debian/Debianize.hs script in the cabal-debian package itself, one of the unit tests runs it and compares the result to the debian directory in the git repository.
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 5:31 AM, David Fox <dds...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use the cabal-debian library in a bunch of private packages. Also, for > complicated debianizations there is a function in Debian.Debianize.Output > called "runDebianizeScript" that actually runs the command "runhaskell > debian/Debianize.hs", and that script definitely requires the cabal-debian > library to run. > > You can see an example of a debian/Debianize.hs script here: > https://github.com/clckwrks/clckwrks-dot-com/blob/master/debian/Debianize.hs > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Joachim Breitner <nome...@debian.org> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> Am Freitag, den 09.01.2015, 13:55 +0300 schrieb Dmitry Bogatov: >> > * David Fox <dds...@gmail.com> [2015-01-08 06:20:34-0800] >> > > Also, cabal-debian should be producing library debs, if it isn't >> there may >> > > be a bug. >> > >> > Seems I was not clear enough. I regret, that haskell-cabal-debian >> > *debian* source package provides only *cabal-debian* binary, without >> > *libghc-cabal-debian-dev*. I am working on fixing it. >> >> do we really need libghc-cabal-debian-dev? What other package is using >> it? >> >> Note that uploading Haskell library packages comes at a cost, e.g. >> testing migrations become larger, so we should only package libraries >> that have actual uses. >> >> Lots of Haskell programs define libraries in their .cabal file, but >> these are only meant to be used by the executable therein. >> >> Greetings, >> Joachim >> >> -- >> Joachim "nomeata" Breitner >> Debian Developer >> nome...@debian.org | ICQ# 74513189 | GPG-Keyid: F0FBF51F >> JID: nome...@joachim-breitner.de | http://people.debian.org/~nomeata >> >> >
