On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Duncan Coutts > Because we actually consult the index of available packages more often > than you think. Every time you cabal install in a local directory we > make sure all the required packages are available and consistent. If we > had to go to the network every time you would not be happy. > > There should be a solution here that lets us update more automatically > while still allowing people to do offline operations. I'm not sure what > that solution is yet though. > The solution seems obvious to me, actually:
Check the timestamp of the package file at every access. If it's older than some configurable value, and you have network access, start updating it. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
