'haddock --executables" should dump the haddock interface too

[guest]

otherwise 'install' or 'copy --destdir=destdir' will fail with:

Setup.lhs: dist/doc/html/pkgid/pkgid.haddock: copyFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)

I tried to send a patch to the cabal-devel ML, but I'm not a subscriber, so I'm attaching the patch here.

Cheers

[duncan]

Is it really useful to have the haddock interface for executables? Perhaps we should just not try to copy it when installing?

[guest]

No it is not. You are right, but I saw a simple solution in front of me and I adopted it...;)

I'm reading Simple.Install right now and, if I understand it correctly, I think we should change something here to check if the '-executables' flag is used:

copyFileVerbose verbosity

(haddockPref pkg_descr </> haddockName pkg_descr) (interfacePref </> haddockName pkg_descr)

if you want I can send an amended patch when I find a second to study a bit the code. But maybe you already have the fix in mind.

Let me know.

Andrea Rossato

[guest]

this could probably be the cleanest solution: when an interface file exists it will get installed in the correct place.

Hope this helps.

ar

[duncan]

Applied. Well, actually I had to change it a bit because of more recent changes.

[elga]

*  simyo