I am reading currently .. http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/packages.html#installed-pkg-info
1) Is ghc-pkg intended to be run by most Haskell developers or should ghc-pkg be run by "higher level" tools like Cabal?? 2) my package database appears to be somewhat comprised after I unregistered unix-2.3.0.0. I can no longer build the unix package via "runhaskell". ?? Kind regards, Vasili On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Galchin, Vasili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > e.g. with "register" what is filename .. a path? Is this path to the .a > (archive) file on Unix systems? > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Galchin, Vasili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Is there better documentation for ghc-pkg than just "help"?? > > > > Vasili > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Galchin, Vasili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Philip, > > > > > > Before I got your email, I deregistered unix-2.3.0.0 which made my > > > unix-2.2.0.0 namespace changes visible. However, deregistering seems to > > > made > > > other things worse, e.g. runhaskell Setup.hs configure gives an error > > > message "unknown parameter package: unix-2.3.0.0". Sigh .. how do I get > > > back > > > to where i was in order to do a "hide"? > > > > > > Kind regards, Vasili > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Philip Weaver < > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > 2008/4/10 Galchin, Vasili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I doing work using Linux. The wrong version (for me) of > > > > the unix > > > > > package seems to be visible. I see possibilities to use ghc-pkg to > > > > suppress > > > > > the unix package that I don't want(2.3.0.0) but that seems > > > > dangerious. > > > > > Details are below . What should I do? > > > > > > > > If you don't want to use it, then it's safe to hide it: > > > > > > > > ghc-pkg hide unix-2.3.0.0 > > > > > > > > You can always unhide it later. > > > > > > > > You can also tell ghc to use a specific version of a package: > > > > > > > > ghc -package unix-2.2.0.0 > > > > > > > > Of course, you'll need to make sure unix-2.2.0.0 is registered with > > > > ghc-pkg. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, vasili > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I do: > > > > > > > > > > > ghci > > > > > :m System.Posix > > > > > > > > > > I am getting the wrong version of the Unix package. I know this to > > > > be true > > > > > because I did > > > > > ghc-pkg latest unix > > > > > > > > > > and got unix-2.3.0.0 > > > > > > > > > > I want unix.2.2.0.0 because this version has changes that I made > > > > to the unix > > > > > package. libHSunix-2.2.0.0.a is installed under > > > > > /usr/local/lib/unix-2.2.0.0/ghc-6.8.2 I did a "nm -a > > > > libHSunix-2.2.0.0.a" > > > > > and found symbols that I added. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > > > > > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > > > > > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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