Would you like to upload the darcs repo to code.haskell.org? It seems like a community effort could help improve the OS X support?
coreyoconnor: > I've been working on integrating haskell code with some Objective-C/C++ > Cocoa Mac OS X applications. Nothing fancy like a Haskell/Cocoa bridge. > Just trying to get the build process smooth. The default cabal build > system was incomplete to do this effectively;* Extending XCode was no good > either. With some effort I created some Cabal build hooks to fix up the > behavior of build on OS X and add support for packaging an executable into > a ".app" package. That's not much, but I packaged it up, plus some extras, > into a library in case other projects would like to use it: > [1]http://tothepowerofdisco.com/repo/HaskellLibraries/ > > Of course, this is all hackish and very incomplete. EG: > * No fat binary support. I only have a PPC Mac and the only fat-binary > process usable with GHC I know of requires executing the x86 GHC. > * The build hook in MacOSX.Build will only work on the Cabal distributed > with GHC 6.6.1 and *completely* replaces the standard GHC build hook. > * GHC compiled to use the framework version of GMP installed to > /Library/Frameworks is required. > * The name is vague... > Still, I've used it to add haskell support and replace XCode for building > for 3 exisitng Cocoa applications. Maybe somebody else will find it useful > as well. > > -- > -Corey O'Connor > > * I neglected to make a good list of why the default Cabal build hook > doesn't work. > > References > > Visible links > 1. http://tothepowerofdisco.com/repo/HaskellLibraries/ > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
