[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/lang/ghc88 Add a note on the runtime dependency on per...

[pho <pho%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/51265bafd68b
branches:  trunk
changeset: 437498:51265bafd68b
user:      pho <pho%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Aug 24 17:48:51 2020 +0000

description:
Add a note on the runtime dependency on perl; no actual changes

diffstat:

 lang/ghc88/Makefile |  8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (22 lines):

diff -r 31e7cb805b81 -r 51265bafd68b lang/ghc88/Makefile
--- a/lang/ghc88/Makefile       Mon Aug 24 17:23:11 2020 +0000
+++ b/lang/ghc88/Makefile       Mon Aug 24 17:48:51 2020 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.13 2020/08/24 17:23:11 pho Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.14 2020/08/24 17:48:51 pho Exp $
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Package metadata
 #
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
 USE_GNU_CONFIGURE_HOST=                no
 USE_LIBTOOL=                   yes
 
+# TODO: Disable the splitter entirely so that we can drop the runtime
+# dependency on perl. The purpose of the splitter is to perform a dead
+# code elimination by breaking .o files into many pieces. This only
+# makes sense when linking executables statically, which is rarely
+# done these days.
+
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Configuration