On 04 May 2005 11:18, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> "Simon Marlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Comment By: Ferenc Wágner (wferi)
>>
>>> Just to make sure: the "Could not find module
>>> `HTMLMonadBase'..." is entirely reasonable (and my
>>> package.conf is crap), it's the "ghc: panic!" I found worrying.
>>
>> Yes, we plan to fix the panic and emit a more helpful message.
>
> Fine!
>
>>> Anyway. Let me drift off topic: why no ghcOptions field in
>>> package.conf? I'd perhaps try porting Wash if it were
>>> present...
>>
>> The ability to specify extra GHC options in a package was
>> a misfeature that we removed. It isn't reasonable for a
>> package to be able to change the global GHC behaviour.
>
> I see. But why did hugsOptions remain, then?
Hugs needs to process the source files, so it might need flags to turn on
certain extensions, for example. It's not ideal either - flags should really
go in the source files themselves.
Cheers,
Simon
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