Subject: bug#53655: haskell build system cannot build attoparsec

From: zimoun <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:57:07 +0100

Hi,

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 12:27, Philip Munksgaard <[email-masked]> wrote:

> The relevant section states:
>
> > This option outputs a directory if the package requires multiple registrations: this can occur if internal/convenience libraries are used. These configuration file names are sorted so that they can be registered in order.
>
> 0: https://downloads.haskell.org/cabal/Cabal-3.0.0.0/doc/users-guide/installing-packages.html#cmdoption-setup-register-gen-pkg-config

Thanks.  Indeed, it may be the issue.

> I think we need to amend `haskell-build-system.scm` to be able to handle such cases.

Well, such change is a core-updates change because it will rebuild the
world.  Let see if in the meantime, the attoparsec package could be
patched.

Cheers,
simon