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# $Id: Portfile 28161 2007-08-23 09:57:51Z ryandesign macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
Name: alex
Version: 2.1.0
Category: devel
Maintainers: gwright macports.org
Platform: darwin
Description: A Lexical Analyzer Generator for Haskell
Long Description: Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell, given a description of the tokens to be recognised in the form of regular expressions. It is similar to the tools lex or flex for C/C++.

Homepage: http://www.haskell.org/alex/
master_sites http://www.haskell.org/alex/dist/${version}

checksums md5 17e80d39cc3f1aba28dcea0e358c81e9

depends_build port:ghc

configure { cd ${worksrcpath}
system "runhaskell Setup configure --ghc --prefix=${prefix}"
}

build { cd ${worksrcpath}
system "runhaskell Setup build -v"
}

destroot { cd ${worksrcpath}
system "runhaskell Setup copy --copy-prefix=${destroot}${prefix}"
}

livecheck.check regex
livecheck.regex "version (.+) released"

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/alex
%  sudo port install alex  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching alex
--->  Verifying checksum for alex
--->  Extracting alex
--->  Configuring alex
--->  Building alex with target all

--->  Staging alex into destroot

--->  Installing alex

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using alex with these commands:

%  man alex
%  apropos alex
%  which alex
%  locate alex

 Where to find more information: