package ? 4.0.8.2

Simon Marlow simonmar@microsoft.com
Mon, 2 Apr 2001 14:29:48 +0100


> im new to ghc.
>=20
> i just could not find how to include lib/package in the compile...
>=20
>=20
> by browsing the web,  i found that =20
>
http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/fpu/ghc-guides/set/packages.html#LISTING-PACKAGES

> have a 3.8 section about package, whereas
haskell.org/ghc/documentation dont !
>
> also ghc --list-packages doesnt not work on my win install (fresh from
the day=20
> before)
>
> also, the doc mention a packages.conf file.
> where is this one ? (on win)

GHC 4.08.2 doesn't have package.conf, or the ghc-pkg tool.  These are in
the forthcoming GHC 5.00 only; presumably the documentation you are
looking at is for a newer version of GHC.

Cheers,
	Simon