Here are the steps listed before for cabalizing gtk2hs build:
0. build two mini Haskell programs hierarchyGen and TypeGen 1. using these, generate two .chs files automatically 2. using grep magic, generate dependencies between different .chs modules 3. run c2hs to generate a binary representation of the C header file 4. run c2hs to generate .hs files for each .chs using the binary file from step 3.; generate file according to dependencies 5. run hsc2hs to generate .hs files from .hsc files 6. build a few C files 7. build all .hs files 8. link everything After doing some checking, I do think it's not that dificult to get this into cabal. Steps 5 to 8 are easy, and done by cabal itself. Steps 0 to 4 can be done as long as we drive everything by Haskell code. Such code would then be installed as a pre-build hook. I think actually rewriting steps 2 as Haskell code and use c2hs as a library to get steps 3 and 4 could make debugging easier. However, it's possible to get everything working by using Haskell code in Setup.lhs just to call everything like it is today in the proper sequence, including building c2hs, and check if everything went well. Maurício ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gtk2hs-devel mailing list Gtk2hs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk2hs-devel
