Shouldn't it just work with $GHC_PACKAGE_PATH or --package-db = dist/package.conf.inplace?
On Sun, 5 May 2013 14:31:20 -0700 Andrew Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > I've also been trying to find a good way to do this. I had a somewhat > hacky driver that would use GHC to compile the plugin in a temporary > directory, then create a custom package database with only that > plugin and add that database to the stack of package databases when > compiling the target program. The annoying part was creating the > package description, as you need to determine which other packages > the plugin depends on. However, it just occurred to me that "ghc > --make" does this, so its probably a matter of finding the proper GHC > API call to get the list of packages used to build the plugin and > converting that into a package description. > > Can anyone familiar with either the plugin API or Cabal/ghc-pkg > comment on whether there is an easier way? > > Thanks! > Andrew > > > On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm messing about with writing a GHC plugin and looking at the > > documentation here: > > > > > > http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.6.3/html/users_guide/compiler-plugins.html > > > > which states: > > > > Plugins can be specified on the command line with the option > > -fplugin=module where module is a module in a registered package > > that exports a plugin. > > > > Is there anyway I can have a plugin in my local source tree rather > > than being installed and registered? Not having to cabal install it > > would make development and debugging somewhat easier. > > > > Cheers, > > Erik > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Erik de Castro Lopo > > http://www.mega-nerd.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ghc-devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs > > _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs
