<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <!--Rendered using the Haskell Html Library v0.2--> <HTML ><HEAD ><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8" ><TITLE >Distribution.System</TITLE ><LINK HREF="haddock.css" REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" ><SCRIPT SRC="haddock-util.js" TYPE="text/javascript" ></SCRIPT ><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" >window.onload = function () {setSynopsis("mini_Distribution-System.html")};</SCRIPT ></HEAD ><BODY ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="topbar" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD ><IMG SRC="haskell_icon.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="16" ALT=" " ></TD ><TD CLASS="title" >Cabal-1.6.0.3: A framework for packaging Haskell software</TD ><TD CLASS="topbut" ><A HREF="index.html" >Contents</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="topbut" ><A HREF="doc-index.html" >Index</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="modulebar" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD ><FONT SIZE="6" >Distribution.System</FONT ></TD ><TD ALIGN="right" ><TABLE CLASS="narrow" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="infohead" >Portability</TD ><TD CLASS="infoval" >portable</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="infohead" >Maintainer</TD ><TD CLASS="infoval" >cabal-devel@haskell.org</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><B >Contents</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="#1" >Operating System </A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="#2" >Machine Architecture </A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="#3" >Platform is a pair of arch and OS </A ></DT ></DL ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" >Description</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Cabal often needs to do slightly different things on specific platforms. You probably know about the <TT ><A HREF="../base/System-Info.html#v%3Aos" >os</A ></TT > however using that is very inconvenient because it is a string and different Haskell implementations do not agree on using the same strings for the same platforms! (In particular see the controversy over <A HREF="windows.html" >windows</A > vs <A HREF="ming32.html" >ming32</A >). So to make it more consistent and easy to use we have an <TT ><A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TT > enumeration. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" >Synopsis</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3AOS" >OS</A > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >= <A HREF="#v%3ALinux" >Linux</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AWindows" >Windows</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AOSX" >OSX</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AFreeBSD" >FreeBSD</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AOpenBSD" >OpenBSD</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3ANetBSD" >NetBSD</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3ASolaris" >Solaris</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AAIX" >AIX</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AHPUX" >HPUX</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AIRIX" >IRIX</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AOtherOS" >OtherOS</A > <A HREF="../base/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AbuildOS" >buildOS</A > :: <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3AArch" >Arch</A > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >= <A HREF="#v%3AI386" >I386</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AX86_64" >X86_64</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3APPC" >PPC</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3APPC64" >PPC64</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3ASparc" >Sparc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AArm" >Arm</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AMips" >Mips</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3ASH" >SH</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AIA64" >IA64</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AS390" >S390</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AAlpha" >Alpha</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AHppa" >Hppa</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3ARs6000" >Rs6000</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AM68k" >M68k</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AVax" >Vax</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AOtherArch" >OtherArch</A > <A HREF="../base/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AbuildArch" >buildArch</A > :: <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AArch" >Arch</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3APlatform" >Platform</A > = <A HREF="#v%3APlatform" >Platform</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AArch" >Arch</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AbuildPlatform" >buildPlatform</A > :: <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3APlatform" >Platform</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="1" ><A NAME="1" >Operating System </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A NAME="t:OS" ><A NAME="t%3AOS" ></A ></A ><B >OS</B > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" >Constructors</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Linux" ><A NAME="v%3ALinux" ></A ></A ><B >Linux</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Windows" ><A NAME="v%3AWindows" ></A ></A ><B >Windows</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:OSX" ><A NAME="v%3AOSX" ></A ></A ><B >OSX</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:FreeBSD" ><A NAME="v%3AFreeBSD" ></A ></A ><B >FreeBSD</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:OpenBSD" ><A NAME="v%3AOpenBSD" ></A ></A ><B >OpenBSD</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:NetBSD" ><A NAME="v%3ANetBSD" ></A ></A ><B >NetBSD</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Solaris" ><A NAME="v%3ASolaris" ></A ></A ><B >Solaris</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:AIX" ><A NAME="v%3AAIX" ></A ></A ><B >AIX</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:HPUX" ><A NAME="v%3AHPUX" ></A ></A ><B >HPUX</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:IRIX" ><A NAME="v%3AIRIX" ></A ></A ><B >IRIX</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:OtherOS" ><A NAME="v%3AOtherOS" ></A ></A ><B >OtherOS</B > <A HREF="../base/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><IMG SRC="minus.gif" CLASS="coll" ONCLICK="toggle(this,'i:OS')" ALT="show/hide" > Instances</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><DIV ID="i:OS" STYLE="display:block;" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Data-Eq.html#t%3AEq" >Eq</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Data-Ord.html#t%3AOrd" >Ord</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Text-Read.html#t%3ARead" >Read</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Text-Show.html#t%3AShow" >Show</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Distribution-Text.html#t%3AText" >Text</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:buildOS" ><A NAME="v%3AbuildOS" ></A ></A ><B >buildOS</B > :: <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="2" ><A NAME="2" >Machine Architecture </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A NAME="t:Arch" ><A NAME="t%3AArch" ></A ></A ><B >Arch</B > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" >Constructors</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:I386" ><A NAME="v%3AI386" ></A ></A ><B >I386</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:X86_64" ><A NAME="v%3AX86_64" ></A ></A ><B >X86_64</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:PPC" ><A NAME="v%3APPC" ></A ></A ><B >PPC</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:PPC64" ><A NAME="v%3APPC64" ></A ></A ><B >PPC64</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Sparc" ><A NAME="v%3ASparc" ></A ></A ><B >Sparc</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Arm" ><A NAME="v%3AArm" ></A ></A ><B >Arm</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Mips" ><A NAME="v%3AMips" ></A ></A ><B >Mips</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:SH" ><A NAME="v%3ASH" ></A ></A ><B >SH</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:IA64" ><A NAME="v%3AIA64" ></A ></A ><B >IA64</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:S390" ><A NAME="v%3AS390" ></A ></A ><B >S390</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Alpha" ><A NAME="v%3AAlpha" ></A ></A ><B >Alpha</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Hppa" ><A NAME="v%3AHppa" ></A ></A ><B >Hppa</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Rs6000" ><A NAME="v%3ARs6000" ></A ></A ><B >Rs6000</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:M68k" ><A NAME="v%3AM68k" ></A ></A ><B >M68k</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Vax" ><A NAME="v%3AVax" ></A ></A ><B >Vax</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:OtherArch" ><A NAME="v%3AOtherArch" ></A ></A ><B >OtherArch</B > <A HREF="../base/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><IMG SRC="minus.gif" CLASS="coll" ONCLICK="toggle(this,'i:Arch')" ALT="show/hide" > Instances</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><DIV ID="i:Arch" STYLE="display:block;" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Data-Eq.html#t%3AEq" >Eq</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AArch" >Arch</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Data-Ord.html#t%3AOrd" >Ord</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AArch" >Arch</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Text-Read.html#t%3ARead" >Read</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AArch" >Arch</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Text-Show.html#t%3AShow" >Show</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AArch" >Arch</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Distribution-Text.html#t%3AText" >Text</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AArch" >Arch</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:buildArch" ><A NAME="v%3AbuildArch" ></A ></A ><B >buildArch</B > :: <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AArch" >Arch</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="3" ><A NAME="3" >Platform is a pair of arch and OS </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A NAME="t:Platform" ><A NAME="t%3APlatform" ></A ></A ><B >Platform</B > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" >Constructors</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:Platform" ><A NAME="v%3APlatform" ></A ></A ><B >Platform</B > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AArch" >Arch</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3AOS" >OS</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><IMG SRC="minus.gif" CLASS="coll" ONCLICK="toggle(this,'i:Platform')" ALT="show/hide" > Instances</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><DIV ID="i:Platform" STYLE="display:block;" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Data-Eq.html#t%3AEq" >Eq</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3APlatform" >Platform</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base/Data-Ord.html#t%3AOrd" >Ord</A > <A HREF="Distribution-System.html#t%3APlatform" >Platform</A ></TD ></TR ><TR 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