Cabal-3.2.1.0: A framework for packaging Haskell software
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Distribution.Types.ComponentRequestedSpec

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Note: Buildable versus requested versus enabled components

What's the difference between a buildable component (ala componentBuildable ), a requested component (ala componentNameRequested ), and an enabled component (ala componentEnabled )?

A component is buildable if, after resolving flags and conditionals, there is no buildable: False property in it. This is a static property that arises from the Cabal file and the package description flattening; once we have a PackageDescription buildability is known.

A component is requested if a user specified, via a the flags and arguments passed to configure, that it should be built. E.g., --enable-tests or --enable-benchmarks request all tests and benchmarks, if they are provided. What is requested can be read off directly from ComponentRequestedSpec . A requested component is not always buildable; e.g., a user may --enable-tests but one of the test suites may have buildable: False .

A component is enabled if it is BOTH buildable and requested. Once we have a LocalBuildInfo , whether or not a component is enabled is known.

Generally speaking, most Cabal API code cares if a component is enabled. (For example, if you want to run a preprocessor on each component prior to building them, you want to run this on each enabled component.)

Note that post-configuration, you will generally not see a non-buildable Component . This is because flattenPD will drop any such components from PackageDescription . See #3858 for an example where this causes problems.

data ComponentRequestedSpec Source #

Describes what components are enabled by user-interaction. See also this note in Distribution.Types.ComponentRequestedSpec .

Since: 2.0.0.2

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Eq ComponentRequestedSpec Source #
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Read ComponentRequestedSpec Source #
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Show ComponentRequestedSpec Source #
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Generic ComponentRequestedSpec Source #
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Binary ComponentRequestedSpec Source #
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Structured ComponentRequestedSpec Source #
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type Rep ComponentRequestedSpec Source #
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defaultComponentRequestedSpec :: ComponentRequestedSpec Source #

The default set of enabled components. Historically tests and benchmarks are NOT enabled by default.

Since: 2.0.0.2