Hi Eric, On 2015-10-22 at 05:25, quoth ericbav...@openmailbox.org: >> +(define-public ghc-clock >> + (package >> + (name "ghc-clock") >> + (version "0.5.1") >> + (source >> + (origin >> + (method url-fetch) >> + (uri (string-append >> + "http://hackage.haskell.org/package/"; >> + "clock/" >> + "clock-" version ".tar.gz")) >> + (sha256 >> + (base32 "1ncph7vi2q6ywwc8ysxl1ibw6i5dwfvln88ssfazk8jgpj4iyykw")))) >> + (build-system haskell-build-system) >> + (arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ;; Testing suite depends on ghc-clock > > A trick that's used with some other packages is to define an unexported > *-bootstrap package. The ghc-clock-bootstrap package would have tests > disabled, then the ghc-clock package would inherit from the > ghc-clock-bootstrap package, declare ghc-clock-bootstrap as an input, and > enable tests.
I see what you mean, that's a nice idea. I've reshuffled the order of the patches around what used to be ghc-clock a bit, turned it into ghc-clock-bootstrap, and when the needed test packages (which were the ones depending on ghc-clock) are defined, i add ghc-clock with tests. This works! Could you please tell me if i've done it properly? Everything (including your other comments) has been pushed to the `wip-haskell-platform-7.10.2-a` branch. Thank you again for so much constructive criticism, i hope the patches are finally up to scratch! Regards, p.
