Last month I wrote:
> The 6.2 version of ghc-pkg is incorrectly parses commas within quotes.
> Here's a simple example:
>
> $ echo 'Package {name="ptest",extra_ld_opts=["a,b,c"]}' | sudo ghc-pkg -a
> $ ghc-pkg -s ptest
> Package
> {name = "ptest",
> auto = False,
> import_dirs = [],
> source_dirs = [],
> library_dirs = [],
> hs_libraries = [],
> extra_libraries = [],
> include_dirs = [],
> c_includes = [],
> package_deps = [],
> extra_ghc_opts = [],
> extra_cc_opts = [],
> extra_ld_opts = ["a", "b", "c"],
> framework_dirs = [],
> extra_frameworks = []}
>
> This breaks JVM-Bridge, because I have a line that looks like this:
>
> extra_ld_opts =
> [
> "-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/jvm-bridge/lib/",
> "-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/j2sdk1.4.1_02/jre/lib/i386/",
> "-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/j2sdk1.4.1_02/jre/lib/i386/client/"
> ]
>
> It worked fine in 6.0. I also can't think of a robust workaround, i.e.
> one that would work with a correct ghc-pkg.
And also:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Sven Panne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > which is plainly wrong. Now we do this *only* when a variable occurs on its
> > own,
> > like:
> >
> > ["${deps}","foo"] => ["base","haskell98","network","foo"]
> >
> > I have slight doubts about this obscure feature, but Sigbjorn seems to want
> > it...
>
> Might it not be better to do it this way?
>
> deps = base,haskell98,network
>
> [${deps},"foo"] => (expand $-reference)
> [base,haskell98,network,"foo"] => (quote things)
> ["base","haskell98","network","foo"]
>
> The idea is that unquoted things get implicitly quoted, so you don't
> need to quote ${deps}.
Any word on whether this has been/will be fixed? It's breaking
JVM-Bridge and there's no obvious clean workaround. Personally I'd
favour tossing this "feature" altogether, but I'd be happy if it could
at least be made less harmful.
--
Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA
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