[Haskell-cafe] how to upgrade to a new version of Haskell?

[Yuras Shumovich]

It is an old bug in HP, see
https://github.com/haskell/haskell-platform/issues/51 (it is imported from
trac, see http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/ticket/146 )
24.06.2014 3:01 пользователь "Johan Larson" <johan.g.larson at gmail.com>
написал:

> I found a bit of an odd problem.
>
> In my configuration, which I haven't modified, the installed copy of cabal
> appears in the path earlier than the directory into which executables built
> by cabal are installed, meaning that when cabal installs a new version of
> itself, that version is not used by default.
>
> That doesn't seem right.
>
> The installed location of cabal: C:\Program Files (x86)\Haskell
> Platform\2013.2.0.0\lib\extralibs\bin
> Where cabal puts executables: C:\Users\Johan\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin
>
> I can work around it, sure, but is this a deliberate choice or a blindspot
> in the installer?
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 6:55 PM, KC <kc1956 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Better to install it to a different folder than Program Files since
>> Windows has special protections on that folder and many others. :)
>>
>> --
>> --
>>
>> Sent from an expensive device which will be obsolete in a few months! :D
>>
>> Casey
>>
>> On Jun 23, 2014 2:48 PM, "Johan Larson" <johan.g.larson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am currently running an old installation of the Haskell environment
>>> from 2012, and I would like to upgrade. Can I just grab the installer
>>> from https://www.haskell.org/platform/windows.html and run it?
>>>
>>> This is on Windows.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Johan Larson -- Toronto, Canada
>>>
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>
>
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> Johan Larson -- Toronto, Canada
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