[Haskelldb-users] Problem configuring

[Robert v. H. <rh...@cs...>]

Hi all,

I have a problem with configuring haskelldb:

I am trying to build haskelldb, with support for ghc-hsql.

I do not have root permissions on this box. Therefore, I made a local 
file containing my ghc package configuration. The local file is in 
/Users/rherk/soft/package.conf. It does have an entry for hsql, and the 
entry is correct. When I do:

./configure --with-ghc-pkg="ghc-pkg -f /Users/rherk/soft/package.conf" 
--prefix=/Users/rherk/soft/haskelldb

I end up with:

checking for ghc-pkg -f /Users/rherk/soft/package.conf... no
configure: error: ghc-pkg is required for GHC support

So, I though I'd make a script in ~/soft/ghc-pkg, namely:

ghc-pkg -f /Users/rherk/soft/package.conf $@

Then, I try:
 
./configure --with-ghc-pkg="/Users/rherk/soft/ghc-pkg" 
--prefix=/Users/rherk/soft/haskelldb --enable-ghc-hsql

Now, I get:
configure: WARNING: HSQL for ghc not found, not
                 building ghc HSQL support

and I end up with:
HaskellDB will support:
-----------------------

GHC:               yes
  HSQL:            no
    ODBC:          no
    MySql:         no
    SQLite:        no
    PostgreSQL:    no
  WxHaskell:       no
Hugs:              no
  HSQL:            no
    ODBC:          no
    MySql:         no
    SQLite:        no
    PostgreSQL:    no
  WxHaskell:       no

My own ghc-pkg script does however seem to work:
./ghc-pkg -l
/Users/rherk/soft/package.conf:
    hsql
/usr/local/lib/ghc-6.2.1/package.conf:
    rts, base, haskell98, haskell-src, network, parsec, QuickCheck,
    readline, OpenGL, GLUT, unix, lang, concurrent, posix, util, data,
    text, net, hssource, uust

Does anyone have any idea on what might be wrong?

Robert