[Haskell-cafe] Listing native package requirements based on cabal information

[Peter Simons]

Hi David,

 > Is there a way to extract this? I'm looking to make it easier for
 > newcomers to my project to get things building across different linux
 > distros.

what exactly do you mean when by "package requirements"?

Cabal descriptions list the required 3rd party libraries, header files,
and pkgconfig snippets, so there is a lot of information readily
available.

What is missing in your opinion?

Take care,
Peter