pandoc fails to build

[shreevatsa.public@…]

The port pandoc fails with:

Text/Pandoc/Definition.hs:92:32:    parse error on input `-- ^ Link target (URL, title)'
haddock: Failed to check module: Text.Pandoc.Definition

[jmr@…]

Cc maintainer.

[jgm@…]

It seems that the very latest version of haddock in macports is stricter than previous versions. There was a minor haddock error in Text/Pandoc/Definition.hs, which can be fixed by the patch below. The problem will be fixed in 0.47, which I hope to release before long.

John

--- Definition.hs       2007-11-29 00:09:07.000000000 -0800
+++ Definition.new.hs   2008-03-31 13:21:55.000000000 -0700
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@
 -- | Type of quotation marks to use in Quoted inline.
 data QuoteType = SingleQuote | DoubleQuote deriving (Show, Eq, Read)

-type Target = (String, String)  -- ^ Link target (URL, title)
+-- | Link target (URL, title).
+type Target = (String, String)

 -- | Inline elements.
 data Inline

[jgm@…]

I'm attaching a patch file and a patch to the Portfile that should fix the problem.

[jgm@…]

patch file - for files subdirectory

[ryandesign@…]

I was going to try to test this fix but I can't because build dependency ghc won't build for me. :(

[mike@…]

I had previously built and installed ghc. I can confirm that the patches work, having applied it to my local repository and successfully built and install pandoc. Suggest acceptance.

[mike@…]

Cc Me!

[dluke@…]

Looking at this now...

[dluke@…]

patch committed in r37362