#199: when installing a new version of GHC, there should be a way to upgrade my
packages
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.8
Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.2.3.0
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: easy (<4 hours)
Ghcversion: 6.8.2 | Platform: Linux
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Comment (by duncan):
Replying to [comment:6 Saizan]:
> How does this interact with keeping multiple compilers/versions side by
side?
> maybe we should have a world file for each one and be able to install
the packages in world-compiler1 using compiler2
There being just one world file is a feature, not a bug :-). It means that
moving between compilers is easy. It's not likely that you want some
things in one but not another. What is more likely is that there are some
things that simply cannot be installed with an older version.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/199#comment:7>
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