[Hackage] #200: Allow more convenient use of ghc profiling options -auto and -auto-all

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#200: Allow more convenient use of ghc profiling options -auto and -auto-all
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  Reporter:  guest          |        Owner:         
      Type:  enhancement    |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.2.3.0
  Severity:  normal         |   Resolution:         
  Keywords:                 |   Difficulty:  normal 
Ghcversion:  6.8.2          |     Platform:         
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Comment (by guest):

 I think the best way is to pretend `-auto` and `-caf-all` don't exist.
 They are relatively rarely used, and when they are they can be passed with
 `--ghc-option=`, right?

 For whether or not to use `-auto-all`, the portable distinction is whether
 we are compiling in order to support profiling something else, or to
 profile this code in particular. How about `--enable-library-profiling`
 for `-prof -auto-all`, and `--enable-library-profiling-support` for
 `-prof`? Better (shorter!) names welcomed; bonus marks if you can make
 `--enable-library-profiling` keep its current meaning without sounding too
 forced.

 For other implementations both flags might have the same effect.


 Ian Lynagh

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