I wrote:
> > Just for information, the HaXml darcs repo has recently adopted the
> > solution of containing two .cabal files, one for ghc-6.6.x, and the
> > other for the split-base packages (>=ghc-6.7).
Thomas Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> $ runghc Setup.hs configure
> Setup.hs: Multiple description files found. Please use only one of :
> ["HaXml.cabal","HaXml-darcs.cabal"]
>
> is there a way to specify which cabal file should be used, or do you
> just have to move a file out out the way?
For now, the latter (remove the unneeded file). Ultimately, the use of
"Cabal Configurations" will allow us to revert to a single .cabal file
with sections conditional on the compiler version.
> Understanding this better is important to me because I am installing a
> number of packages on 6.7, and am reluctant to send a patch that
> breaks backwards compabitility with earlier versions.
Multiple .cabal files are just a temporary measure for development ease.
Neither ghc-6.7 nor this version of HaXml have been released officially,
so you should not rely on any particular behaviour.
Regards,
Malcolm
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