The Make build-type doesn't pass haddock options to make

[bos]

(Imported from Trac #241, reported by ross on 2008-02-16)

The Simple build-type works out the correct options for haddock, including the extra options for haddock2 and --read-interface options taking into account the --html-location option. For example this is used by hackageDB to generate correct inter-package links. There is no way for the makefile to figure out where those links should point. (e.g. the wxcore package.)

The Make build-type ought to put these options in a HADDOCKOPTS setting on the make command line, so that the makefile can pass these to haddock.

[bos]

(Imported comment by @dcoutts on 2008-02-16)

The Haddock module now has a function haddockPackageFlags that returns all the --read-interface= flags.

I'm not quite clear about what the other options should be.

[bos]

(Imported comment by ross on 2008-02-19)

Replying to @dcoutts:

The Haddock module now has a function haddockPackageFlags that returns all the --read-interface= flags. I'm not quite clear about what the other options should be.

Probably just about everything except -o and possibly -h.

But I'm not sure the Make build-type can ever be made to work properly (Custom even more so, of course). I think we need a build type that is mostly Simple, but with program hooks (as Configure does for postConfig).

[tibbe]

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