Pass --no-tmp-comp-dir to Haddock (see comment)

diff --git a/rules/haddock.mk b/rules/haddock.mk
index 295db94..0008443 100644 (file)
--- a/rules/haddock.mk
+++ b/rules/haddock.mk
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ ifeq "$$(HSCOLOUR_SRCS)" "YES"
 endif
        "$$(TOP)/$$(INPLACE_BIN)/haddock" \
          --odir="$1/$2/doc/html/$$($1_PACKAGE)" \
+         --no-tmp-comp-dir \
          --dump-interface=$$($$($1_PACKAGE)-$$($1_$2_VERSION)_HADDOCK_FILE) \
          --html \
          --title="$$($1_PACKAGE)-$$($1_$2_VERSION)$$(if $$(strip $$($1_$2_SYNOPSIS)),: $$(strip $$($1_$2_SYNOPSIS)),)" \
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ endif
          $$($1_$2_HS_SRCS) \
          $$($1_$2_EXTRA_HADDOCK_SRCS)
 
+# --no-tmp-comp-dir above is important: it saves a few minutes in a
+# validate.  This flag lets Haddock use the pre-compiled object files
+# for the package rather than rebuilding the modules of the package in
+# a temporary directory.  Haddock needs to build the package when it
+# uses the Template Haskell or Annotations extensions, for example.
+
 # Make the haddocking depend on the library .a file, to ensure
 # that we wait until the library is fully build before we haddock it
 $$($$($1_PACKAGE)_HADDOCK_FILE) : $$($1_$2_v_LIB)