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NAME
       dh_haskell_extra_depends - generate the extra-depends file in Haskell packages


SYNOPSIS
       dh_extra_haskell_depends [debhelper options] [-Xpackage] [--exclude=package] [file ...]


DESCRIPTION
       dh_haskell_extra_depends is a debhelper program that helps with calculating dependencies for building
       Haskell libraries.

       Since Haskell libraries are statically linked, packagers that use Haskell libraries cannot rely on the
       fact that dynamical libraries are dependencies of their packages to be sure that possible runtime data
       packages are installed at execution time. The extra dependencies mechanism allows libraries to declare
       some packages that are to be added to the dependency list of each package that uses them to build.

       This script scans the Haskell dependencies and harvest extra dependencies information, putting them in
       the file debian/extra-depends, which is later used by dh_haskell_depends to be included in the substvars
       file.


BUGS
       None, as far as we know. :-)


SEE ALSO
       dh_haskell_depends(1) debhelper(7)


AUTHOR
       Giovanni Mascellani <gio@debian.org>