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authorBen Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com>2016-01-05 22:10:01 +0100
committerBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2016-01-05 22:10:02 +0100
commite32a6e1f4ac847272598776fd15f4a98069690e5 (patch)
tree02d72208b24e5c269d499eb51ce63cfaa1499831 /utils/genprimopcode
parent77494fa9fa34c1a831caabc194e855167de0c2d9 (diff)
downloadhaskell-e32a6e1f4ac847272598776fd15f4a98069690e5.tar.gz
Add Cabal synopses and descriptions
Various people (myself included) have complained about the lack of useful descriptions for the various packages included in GHC's source tree. Fix this. Test Plan: Validate Reviewers: austin, thomie Reviewed By: thomie Subscribers: angerman, ezyang Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1736
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diff --git a/utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode.cabal b/utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode.cabal
index adc5230a4f..d6dc8b58ec 100644
--- a/utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode.cabal
+++ b/utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode.cabal
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@ License: BSD3
-- XXX License-File: LICENSE
Author: XXX
Maintainer: XXX
-Synopsis: XXX
-Description: XXX
+Synopsis: Generates various files implementing GHC's primitive operations.
+Description:
+ This utility reads a textual description of GHC's primitive operations
+ (@primops.txt.pp@) and produces a number of outputs. These include,
+ .
+ * the @GHC.Prim@ module included in the @ghc-prim@ package.
+ * the @GHC.PrimopWrappers@ module included in the @ghc-prim@ package.
+ * an LaTeX document describing the primitive operations.
Category: Development
build-type: Simple
cabal-version: >=1.10