Remove Setup.hs, use Setup.lhs only

Ian Lynagh igloo at earth.li
Tue Nov 28 14:58:22 EST 2006


On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 06:41:16PM +0000, Neil Mitchell wrote:
> 
> Another advantage of not having a Setup.hs file is that you can't get
> your machine taken over just by installing a package. The library
> author would have to be much more creative.

Only if cabal-setup uses defaultMain rather than the hooks which run
configure or make, and if TH isn't enabled anywhere. There may be other
thing to watch out for too.


Thanks
Ian



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