[Hackage] #216: need a way to specify the foreign libraries a package depends on

[Hackage]

#216: need a way to specify the foreign libraries a package depends on
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  Reporter:  ross at soi.city.ac.uk  |        Owner:         
      Type:  enhancement          |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal               |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library        |      Version:  1.2.3.0
  Severity:  major                |   Resolution:         
  Keywords:                       |   Difficulty:  normal 
Ghcversion:  6.8.2                |     Platform:  Linux  
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Changes (by dons):

 * cc: dons at galois.com (added)

Comment:

 In addition, we can see the lack of checking for the existence of C libs
 breaking test builds on hackage, and breaking cabal-install downloads.

 pcre-light is a good example: no way to test pcre.h is available, without
 resorting to autoconf.

 One solution here might be to reuse/duplicate autoconf functionality to
 check if extra-libraries are available?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/216#comment:2>
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