diff --git a/Cake.hs b/Cake.hs
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+module Cake (module Cake.Core, 
+             module Cake.Rules) where
+
+import Cake.Core
+import Cake.Rules
+
+  
+
diff --git a/Cake/Core.hs b/Cake/Core.hs
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+module Cake.Core (Pattern, (==>),
+                  cake,
+                  query,
+                  cut,
+                  promise,
+                  need,                  
+                  debug,
+                  module Control.Applicative,
+                  Act,             
+                 ) where
+
+import "pureMD5" Data.Digest.Pure.MD5
+-- import Data.Digest.OpenSSL.MD5 -- "nano-md5" -- md5sum
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as B
+import System.Directory
+import System.FilePath
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Monad (when)
+import Control.Monad.RWS
+import qualified Parsek
+import Parsek (completeResults, parse, Parser)
+import qualified Data.Map as M
+import Data.Binary hiding (put,get)
+import Text.Groom
+import qualified System.Process as P
+import System.Exit
+
+instance Applicative P where
+  (<*>) = ap
+  pure = return
+
+instance Alternative P where
+  (<|>) = (Parsek.<|>)
+  empty = Parsek.pzero
+
+
+type Pattern = P String
+
+type P = Parser Char
+type Rule = P (Act ())
+
+data Status = Clean | Dirty 
+            deriving Eq
+  
+                     
+(==>) :: Pattern -> (String -> Act a) -> Rule
+p ==> a = (\s -> do a s;return ()) <$> p
+
+newtype LocalR = LocalR {fromLocalR :: P (Act ())}
+
+
+cakeFile = ".cake"
+
+cake :: [FilePath] -> Rule -> IO ()
+cake targets rule = do
+  e <- doesFileExist cakeFile 
+  oldDB <- if e 
+    then decodeFile cakeFile
+    else return $ M.empty
+  newDB <- runAct rule oldDB $ mapM_ need targets
+  putStrLn $ "Database is:"
+  putStrLn (groom newDB)
+  encodeFile cakeFile newDB
+
+
+newtype Question = Stamp FilePath deriving (Eq, Ord, Binary, Show)
+
+newtype Answer = Stamp' (Maybe MD5Digest) deriving (Eq, Binary, Show)
+  
+type DB = M.Map Question Answer
+  
+promise :: FilePath -> Act () -> Act ()    
+promise f a = shielded $ do
+  e0 <- liftIO $ doesFileExist f
+  when (not e0) $ put Dirty -- force rebuilding if the target is missing.
+  a
+  e <- liftIO $ doesFileExist f
+  when (not e) $ fail $ "Action failed to create " ++ f
+
+-- Assume that the context is clean; that is, the construction of the
+-- argument actually does not depend on the previous questions asked.
+-- NOTE: This can be used only when the purpose of the argument (why
+-- we call it) is known; and then the dirty flag must be set if the
+-- produced object is not present.
+shielded = withRWST (\r _ -> (r,Clean))
+
+
+runAct r db act = do 
+  (_a,db) <- evalRWST act (LocalR r,db) Clean 
+  return db    
+
+findRule :: FilePath -> Act (Maybe (Act ()))
+findRule f = do
+  (LocalR r,_) <- ask
+  let rs = parse r completeResults f
+  case rs of
+    Right [x] -> return (Just x)
+    Right _ -> fail $ "More than one rule for file " ++ f
+    Left e -> do 
+      debug $ "No rule for file: " ++ f
+      -- debug $ "Parser says: " ++ show e
+      return Nothing
+    
+                  
+               
+-- runAct :: Act () -> RWST (Rule,DB) DB Status IO
+type Act = RWST (LocalR,DB) DB Status IO
+runAct :: Rule -> DB -> Act () -> IO DB
+  
+debug x = liftIO $ putStrLn $ "Info: " ++ x 
+  
+runQuery :: Question -> IO Answer          
+runQuery (Stamp f) = do
+  e <- doesFileExist f
+  Stamp' <$> if e 
+    then Just <$> md5 <$> B.readFile f
+    else return Nothing
+
+query :: Question -> Act Answer
+query q = do
+  a <- liftIO $ runQuery q
+  tell (M.singleton q a)
+  (_,db) <- ask
+  let a0 = M.lookup q db
+  when (a0 /= Just a) $ do
+    debug $ "Question has not the same answer: " ++ show q
+    put Dirty
+  return $ a
+  
+cut x = do
+  d <- get
+  case d of
+    Clean -> debug $ "Clean state; skipping."
+    Dirty -> x
+
+need :: FilePath -> Act ()
+need f = do
+  debug $ "Need: " ++ f
+  r <- findRule f
+  case r of      
+    Nothing -> do 
+      e <- liftIO $ doesFileExist f
+      when (not e) $ fail $ "No rule to create " ++ f
+      debug $ "File exists: " ++ f
+    Just a -> promise f a
+  query (Stamp f)
+  return ()
diff --git a/Cake/Rules.hs b/Cake/Rules.hs
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+module Cake.Rules where
+
+import Cake.Core
+import qualified Parsek
+import System.Directory
+import System.FilePath
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Monad (when)
+import Control.Monad.RWS
+import qualified Parsek
+import Parsek (completeResults, parse, Parser)
+import qualified Data.Map as M
+import Data.Binary hiding (put,get)
+import Text.Groom
+import qualified System.Process as P
+import System.Exit
+import Data.List
+
+
+-- Helpers
+quote :: String -> String
+quote = show
+
+-- Patterns
+extension :: String -> Pattern
+extension s = Parsek.many Parsek.anyChar <* Parsek.string s
+
+-- Actions
+copy :: FilePath -> FilePath -> Act()
+copy from to = promise to $ needing [from] $ do
+  mkdir $ takeDirectory to
+  liftIO $ copyFile from to
+
+system' :: [String] -> Act ExitCode
+system' xs = do 
+  debug $ "Running: " ++ (intercalate " " xs)
+  liftIO $ P.system (intercalate " " $ map quote xs)
+
+succeed :: Act ExitCode -> Act ()
+succeed act = do
+  code <- act
+  when (code /= ExitSuccess) $ fail "Command returned non-zero exitcode."
+
+mkdir :: FilePath -> Act ()    
+mkdir d = liftIO $ createDirectoryIfMissing True d
+    
+system xs = succeed $ system' xs
+
+touch :: FilePath -> Act ()
+touch x = do
+  system ["touch",x]
+  
+readFile :: FilePath -> Act String
+readFile x = do
+  need x
+  liftIO $ Prelude.readFile x
+  
+
+{-
+mpostDeriv = extension "-delayed.mp" ==> \s -> do
+  let input = s ++ ".mp"
+  need input
+  rm (s ++ "-delayed.mp")
+  mpost input
+  mpost input
+   -}
+
+needing :: [FilePath] -> Act () -> Act ()
+needing xs act = do
+  mapM_ need xs
+  cut act
+          
+-- Rules
+
+simple outExt inExt f = extension outExt ==> \s -> do
+  let input = s ++ inExt
+      output = s ++ outExt
+  needing [input]  $ f output input
+  
+
+tex_markdown_standalone = simple ".tex" ".markdown" $ \o i -> 
+  system ["pandoc","--tab-stop=2","--standalone","-f","markdown","-t","latex", 
+          "-o", o, i]
+  
+pdf_tex = simple ".pdf" ".tex" $ \o i -> 
+  system ["latexmk","-pdf",i]
+
+{-
+pdf_tex2 = extension ".pdf" $ \c -> do
+  let input = extension ".tex"
+  ls <- filter ("\\bibliography" `isPrefixOf`) lines <$> readFile input
+  cut $ do
+    case ls of
+       [] -> return ()
+       (l:_) -> do let l' = reverse . dropWhile (== '}') . dropWhile . reverse . dropWhile (== '{') $ l
+                       bibs = spli
+-}
+allRules = tex_markdown_standalone <|> pdf_tex
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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/cake.cabal b/cake.cabal
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/cake.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name:           cake
+version:        0.0.1
+category:       Development
+synopsis:       A build-system library
+description:
+  Soon to appear.
+license:        GPL
+license-file:   LICENSE
+author:         Jean-Philippe Bernardy
+maintainer:     jeanphilippe.bernardy@gmail.com
+Cabal-Version:  >= 1.8
+tested-with:    GHC==6.12.1
+build-type:     Simple
+
+library
+  extensions:  PackageImports, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, TypeSynonymInstances
+  build-depends: base==4.*
+  build-depends: mtl==2.0.*
+  build-depends: filepath==1.1.*  
+  build-depends: process==1.0.*
+  build-depends: groom==0.1.*
+  build-depends: binary==0.5.*
+  build-depends: containers==0.3.*
+  build-depends: directory==1.0.*
+  build-depends: Encode==1.3.*
+  build-depends: bytestring==0.9.*
+  build-depends: pureMD5==2.1.*
+  exposed-modules: Cake, Cake.Core, Cake.Rules
