NixOS/cabal2nix

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Generate Nix build instructions from a Cabal file

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Dominant language: Haskell
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Last GitHub push: Aug 21, 2026
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language-nix: improve handling of NUL bytes in Identifiers Open

enhancement question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#718 · Opened Aug 13, 2026
hackage2nix: fromString: "_type" is not a valid PackageVersionConstraint Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#688 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 29, 2025
nix file generated with attribute name containing dots Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#643 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 6, 2025
remove `--hpack` support Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#628 · 4 reactions · Opened Sep 4, 2024
Adding pkgconfig-depends: hdf5 pulls in Haskell's hdf5, not system hdf5 Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#626 · 6 comments · Opened Jul 10, 2024
Pulling from darcs zip file results in unpacking failure. Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#614 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 20, 2024
Generate version alias info to streamline updates Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#610 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 10, 2023
Generate `meta.longDescription` Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#608 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 24, 2023
Component-based build support for `cabal2nix` Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#603 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 15, 2023
Don't set mainProgram when it matches pname Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#595 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 7, 2023
Get pkg-config dependencies from `pkg-configPackages` Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#594 · 5 comments · Opened Jan 25, 2023
Add warning redirecting to nixpkgs manual at the top of every readthedocs page Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#592 · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 15, 2023
Support for GitHub/GitLab PR URLs Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#588 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 2, 2022
`posix_spawnp: illegal operation` Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#584 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 3, 2022
Add --disable-library-profiling option Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#582 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 31, 2022
Improve tooling for making a new release Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#580 · Opened Oct 19, 2022
Confusing output when using --subpath in conjunction with a source that needs to be unpacked Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#578 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 12, 2022
do not encourage use of `nix-env` Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#569 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 9, 2022
Enable hlint on CI Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#565 · Opened Jul 21, 2022
Regression tests for fetcher-based derivations Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#558 · Opened Jun 16, 2022
cabal2nix tries to fetch hackage revisions even if already present in the source Open

question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#550 · 3 comments · Opened May 2, 2022
hackage-db: `signatures` field in `MetaData` has the wrong type Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#573 · Opened Apr 6, 2022
file:// will ignore a cabal file Open

question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#542 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 4, 2022
Handle internal libraries correctly Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#539 · 5 comments · Opened Jan 22, 2022
Option to eliminate test dependencies Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#531 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 18, 2021
Improve error message when given `NoHackageTarballFound` Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#530 · 8 comments · Opened Nov 17, 2021
`cabal2nix` does not translate `bdw-gc` to a dependency on `boehmgc` Open

bug

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NixOS/cabal2nix#529 · Opened Nov 17, 2021
Split `hackage-packages.nix` into multiple files Open

enhancement question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#518 · 11 comments · Opened Sep 21, 2021
Adding a simpler dev workflow for Nix beginners Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#514 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 29, 2021
hackage2nix: Correctly flag broken Haskell packages Open

bug enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#554 · 12 comments · Opened Jul 19, 2021
Docs: LGPL section regarding GMP is misleading Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#511 · Opened Jul 14, 2021
RFC: move postprocessing into overlays in nixpkgs as much as possible? Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#504 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 12, 2021
How to backport a package update to a NixOS release? Open

question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#498 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 2, 2021
Calling Haskell from C Open

question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#493 · 10 comments · Opened May 5, 2021
Non-vanilla `configureFlags` Open

question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#481 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 16, 2021
cabal2nix does not generate framework dependencies on macOS Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#470 · 8 comments · Opened Nov 14, 2020
Best way to automate the addition of a custom shellHook? Open

question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#468 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 8, 2020
hackage-db: .cabal file extraction Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#574 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 24, 2020
add command line option to disable profiling Open

enhancement question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#450 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 6, 2020
Support multiple public libraries Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#448 · 4 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Apr 2, 2020
Make implicit flag configuration explicit? Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#442 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 20, 2020
Filter spam packages on Hackage from the generated package set Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#441 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 15, 2020
Documentation example for fetching from git/github Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#440 · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 2, 2020
Using data-files in cabal file results in undesirable `enableSeparateDataOutput = true` setting in package derivation Open

question

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NixOS/cabal2nix#433 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Oct 28, 2019
cabal2nix inside of nix expression Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#428 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 10, 2019
Make default compiler customizable Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#400 · Opened Jan 4, 2019
Add option to only set system dependencies Open

enhancement

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NixOS/cabal2nix#379 · Opened Oct 5, 2018
Where hpack goes so does hpack-dhall. Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#374 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 31, 2018
Improving an error message about "zero cabal files found" Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#350 · 9 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 8, 2018
Generate nix expressions from cabal.config files Open

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NixOS/cabal2nix#346 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 18, 2018

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