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diff --git a/dev-haskell/ghc-byteorder/metadata.xml b/dev-haskell/ghc-byteorder/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a23c2f79664e --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-haskell/ghc-byteorder/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer type="project"> + <email>haskell@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Gentoo Haskell</name> + </maintainer> + <longdescription> + This package transparently supplies the "GHC.ByteOrder" API as provided in @base-4.11.0.0@ for legacy GHC releases which didn't provide it yet (i.e. GHC 7.0 through GHC 8.2). + + This release reexports [GHC.ByteOrder from base](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.11.1.0/docs/GHC-ByteOrder.html) via Cabal's @reexported-modules@ mechanism. For GHC 8.2 and earlier a different release of @ghc-byteorder@ (with the same minor version) is eligible by the Cabal solver with a backported "GHC.ByteOrder" module. + + In order to use this compatibility layer, simply declare a dependency on @ghc-byteorder@ in your @.cabal@ package description like so + + > build-depends: ghc-byteorder ^>= 4.11.0.0 + + And your code will be able to access this respective API version of the module via the usual + + > import GHC.ByteOrder + + mechanism. + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |