DH_HASKE...ENDS_GHC(1)

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version 0.16.49ubuntu1 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 DH_HASKE...ENDS_GHC 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one lives in the Haskell devscripts corner of your system and it's lowkey doing the most important behind-the-scenes work. it's giving backstage crew at the school play — nobody claps for it, but nothing works without it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

dh_haskell_extra_depends_ghc — store Haskell compiler info in substvars 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

dh_haskell_extra_depends_ghc [debhelper options]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so dh_haskell_extra_depends_ghc is a Debhelper program that — and listen, the original manpage literally leaves a lil verb-shaped hole right here, bestie, I'm not making that up 🙈 — Debian prerequisites for Haskell programs and libraries. the sentence just. stops. iconic behavior honestly. but the vibe is clear: it deals with your Haskell prerequisites, periodt. 👑

you can use it like this:

"${haskell:Depends}"

this script writes the debian/$package.substvars file, and it puts the haskell:Depends variable inside it. so if you wanna use this package, you include ${haskell:Depends} in the Depends: field over in debian/control. that's the whole ritual. no cap. 💅

fr fr — ${haskell:Depends} goes in Depends: in debian/control, the script fills haskell:Depends in debian/$package.substvars, and the debhelper machinery takes it from there. copy that, don't freestyle it. ✨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

  • debhelper(7) — go read the parent, she explains everything 🫶

✨ AUTHOR ✨

John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> 💜

based on ideas in dh_python by Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> 🌸

and that's the whole page, babe! this one shipped as part of Haskell devscripts version 0.16.49ubuntu1, dated 2026-03-16. go forth and let the substvars do their lil magic ✨🦋💖

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