[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:  closed   
  Priority:  normal               |    Milestone:  Cabal-1.6
 Component:  Cabal library        |      Version:  1.2.3.0  
  Severity:  major                |   Resolution:  invalid  
  Keywords:                       |   Difficulty:  normal   
Ghcversion:  6.8.2                |     Platform:  Linux    
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Changes (by ross at soi.city.ac.uk):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:7 duncan]:
 > Do we really need this? I'm not sure we do.
 >
 > We can already specify that we need C libs and headers (and frameworks
 and pkg-config packages). Do we also need to be able to specify the native
 packages that provide those C libs and headers?

 OK, I'll buy that.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/216#comment:8>
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