`file-depends` support
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Description
Opam is allowed to include files and their checksums in <pkgname.config>. E.g.:
file-depends: [
[ "/foo/bar" "checksum" ]
]
This is basically a dynamic dependency mechanism like in our dynamic action plugin. We can discard the hash and just add a dependency on the file in question.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how Dune reads <pkgname.config> files and how the dynamic action plugin handles file dependencies. Add support for opam's file-depends entries while ignoring their checksums, and verify that the referenced files become dependencies.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100