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import: hackage: `elif` conditionals not supported

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "Philip Munksgaard" <philip <at> munksgaard.me>
Subject: bug#54752: closed (Re: import: hackage: `elif` conditionals not
 supported)
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:32:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#54752: import: hackage: `elif` conditionals not supported

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

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From: Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net>
To: Philip Munksgaard <philip <at> munksgaard.me>
Cc: 54752-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: import: hackage: `elif` conditionals not supported
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 13:31:39 +0200

Hi,

fix pushed to master in commit 2c5d18e421e6c06f4a969f98585ec41aae8eb2e4.

Cheers,
Lars

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From: "Philip Munksgaard" <philip <at> munksgaard.me>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: import: hackage: `elif` conditionals not supported
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:19:49 +0200

Since Cabal 2.2 conditional blocks support the `elif` construct [0], but our hackage importer does not currently support such expressions. This causes importing packages like `raaz` [1] to fail.

0: https://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cabal-package.html?highlight=elif#conditional-blocks
1: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/raaz

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