#31: Automatically bring cabal packages forward with Platform install?
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Reporter: jgbai...@gmail.com | Owner: dons
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: Platform | Resolution:
Keywords: |
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Comment (by refold):
Doesn't this already work on Unix-likes? The package.conf file is by
default stored under $HOME/.ghc on these systems, and cabal-install
installs to $HOME/.cabal, so the newly-installed GHC should pick up old up
libraries out of the box (if the GHC versions are compatible).
On Windows, cabal-install modifies the system-wide package.conf and
installs to $PROGRAMFILES\Haskell, so we'd need to merge the old
package.conf file with the new one. This is something I'm considering for
the next release.
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