Debian configuration issue that bears upon GHC

[Norman Ramsey]

 > Norman Ramsey <nr at eecs.harvard.edu> writes:
 > 
 > > The need for both autoconf *and* automake is clearly stated at
 > >   http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Prerequisites 
 > > but it might be wise to have a Build-Depends on these packages in
 > > debian/control.  (Maybe it's there but I missed it.)
 > 
 > It appears at first glance that the ghc6 package in Debian, at
 > least, is a standard source distribution that does not modify any
 > of the dependencies for the Autoconf and Automake generated
 > files, so that Autoconf and Automake should not be required to
 > build it.

A more careful reading of the wiki reveals that automake is needed
only by hapless losers who are building from bleeding-edge darcs sources.
That would be me (at least the darcs part).


Norman