add placeholder boot files to simplify local installs#272
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I tested this, seems to work!
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## Changes in 3.5.4.0 * Fix [issue #277](haskell/alex#277): compatibility of generated code with `{-# LANGUAGE ImpredicativeTypes #-}`, thanks Nadia Yvette Chambers! * Simplify `cabal install` ([PR #272](haskell/alex#272)), thanks Antoine Leblanc! * Document `examples/words.x`, thanks Piotr Justyna! * Tested with GHC 8.0 - 9.12.2.
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This PR is a small quality of life change.
As part of the tarball creation process, the Makefile
sdistcommand creates two new files,src/Scan.x.bootandsrc/Parser.y.boot. Since we want them included in the resulting tarball, they are also listed in theextra-source-filesinalex.cabal. This creates a bit of friction for developers: as those files do not exist in the repo itself, calls tocabal installfail.To fix this, this PR adds two empty placeholder files. They do not impact any other workflow, but now allow
cabal installto succeed.