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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:48:14 UTC
The branch main has been updated by arrowd (ports committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=ef23f41eb565c84fc675bc9dbf1810e51c616799 commit ef23f41eb565c84fc675bc9dbf1810e51c616799 Author: Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2022-11-23 08:43:07 +0000 Commit: Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-11-23 11:48:05 +0000 porter-handbook: Document recently added CABAL_REVISION knob. Reviewed By: #docs, fernape Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D37474 --- documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/_index.adoc | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/_index.adoc index 3a05b70c57..dad36f57b2 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/_index.adoc @@ -199,10 +199,14 @@ This argument is implicitly added if `USE_GITHUB` or `USE_GITLAB` is present. The framework provides the following variables: +`CABAL_REVISION`:: +Haskell packages hosted on Hackage may have revisions. +Set this knob to an integer number to pull in revised package description. + `USE_CABAL`:: If the software uses Haskell dependencies, list them in this variable. Each item should be present on Hackage and be listed in form `packagename-_0.1.2_`. -Dependencies can have revisions, which are specified after the `_` symbol. +Dependencies can have revisions too, which are specified after the `_` symbol. Automatic generation of the dependency list is supported, see crossref:special[using-cabal,Building Haskell Applications with `cabal`]. `CABAL_FLAGS`::