This project contains a tree of ArchLinux PKGBUILDs that's used to compile a
binary repository of Haskell packages. If you'd like to use that repository,
then append the following two lines at the end of your /etc/pacman.conf file:
[haskell]
Server = http://andromeda.kiwilight.com/$repo/$arch
If you'd like to build the repository on your own machine, then please make
sure that the devtools package is installed, and then run the ./makeworld
script that's included in this directory. The script will create a clean
ArchLinx installation in a chroot environment at /var/tmp/chroot-${arch},
where ${arch} is either i686 or x86_64, depending on your hardware. It is
also possible to cross-compile the i686 repository on 64-bit machines by
running the script as follows: setarch i686 ./makeworld.
All PKGBUILDs in the project must be built with the latest release of cabal2arch.
Our main goal is to maintain a binary repository of up-to-date packages taken form hackageDB. To achieve this we also maintain three repositories of tools, libraries, and scripts:
- cabal2arch is the central tool which converts a CABAL file into a
PKGBUILD, and optionally a
.install. - archlinux is the main dependency of
cabal2arch. - archlinux-web contains a library and a set of scripts that help with various web-related tasks such as updating the information on hackageDB on what versions of packages that are available for ArchLinux.
All discussion around our HABS tree and other packages take place on the ArchHaskell mailinglist.
Currently the repository contains less than 100 packages, which is less than 5% of the packages on hackageDB. We would of course like to cover 100% of hackageDB, but our resources, tools and processes don't allow it yet.
The current set of packages was chosen in a very unstructured way, and we are still discussing how to decide what packages we take on. Please get involved by joining the mailinglist is you have opinions on how we should pick the packages we provide.
Suggestions for adding individual packages to the set are always welcome. Just send the request to the mailinglist. Be aware though that each added package adds to the burden of the team, so there is a real risk that your request is denied. That risk is reduced if you show an interest in contributing to the project.