+LIB_LD_OPTS += $(foreach pkg,$(PKG_DEPENDS),-package $(pkg))
+# We have to expand each package dependency with its version, which we
+# can do by calling "ghc-pkg list $pkg --simple-output".
+PACKAGE_CPP_OPTS += -DPKG_DEPENDS='$(foreach pkg,$(PKG_DEPENDS),$(shell $(GHC_PKG_INPLACE) latest --global $(pkg)))'
+# We want to define STAGE to be like "2" in the Haskell code, so we need
+# to quote the "s so that they don't get interpreted by the shell.