[haskell-platform] #31: Automatically bring cabal packages forward with Platform install?

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#31: Automatically bring cabal packages forward with Platform install?
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 Reporter:  jgbailey at 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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