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Mention that build-tools can refer to locally defined executables.
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Signed-off-by: Edward Z. Yang <[email protected]>
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ezyang committed Apr 1, 2016
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`build-tools:` _program list_
: A list of programs, possibly annotated with versions, needed to
build this package, e.g. `c2hs >= 0.15, cpphs`.If no version
build this package, e.g. `c2hs >= 0.15, cpphs`. If no version
constraint is specified, any version is assumed to be acceptable.
`build-tools` can refer to locally defined executables, in which
case Cabal will make sure that executable is built first.

`buildable:` _boolean_ (default: `True`)
: Is the component buildable? Like some of the other fields below,
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