[Haskell-cafe] Does exist something like "data-files" in Cabal, which works at compile time?

[Alfredo Di Napoli]

Hi Daniel,

It's the path I've eventually took as well.

Many thanks,

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On 16/ago/2013, at 11:13, Daniel Díaz Casanueva <dhelta.diaz at gmail.com> wrote:

> What I have always done to solve this is to create a custom Setup.hs. Something like:
> 
> Setup.hs
> -------------
> import Distribution.Simple
> 
> main :: IO ()
> main = doThisBeforeInstall >> defaultMain
> -------------
> 
> Then you specify in your .cabal file that the Build-Type is Custom.
> 
> Best regards,
> Daniel Díaz.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Alfredo Di Napoli <alfredo.dinapoli at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello guys,
> 
> I'm pretty sure the answer is "no", but I was hoping to get some extra insight / best practices. The problem can be summarised by this SO question (not the OP, but I have the same problem):
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15731170/cabal-how-to-add-text-file-as-a-build-dependency
> 
> As someone states, "data-files" in for run-time, whereas I need to tell cabal "please copy these files in place before trying to compile", so at compile-time.
> 
> Does something similar exist?
> 
> I think the best solution, unless someone prove me wrong, is to create a small startup script which copies the files for me (I *think* yesod is using something similar, namely a script called EmbeddedFiles.hs) and then triggers "cabal install" the usual way. Can you come up with a better way?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Alfredo
> 
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