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		transpute on Sept 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Haskell? > ghcup and cabal sandboxing Would you recommend using cabal or stack to package Haskell components in a Yocto layer, for sandboxed, reproducible, cross-compiled builds that are independent of host toolchains?

runeks on Sept 21, 2024 [–]

My advice: use Stack if you're new to Haskell, otherwise cabal. Stack has better UX but isn't as powerful as cabal.

transpute on Sept 21, 2024 | [–]

Thanks, cabal worked for a Yocto layer PoC.

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