#301: No way to reinstall current version of a package
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.4.0.1
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Ghcversion: 6.8.3
Platform: |
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cabal-install currently offers no way of reinstalling a version of a
package which is already installed. If one has been messing around with
libraries behind Cabal's back, this might be useful, if for no other
reason than to assuage one's worries regarding link errors.
Ideally a flag `--force` or whatever could be given to `cabal upgrade` and
`cabal install`, which would make bypass the check for whether the package
exists.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/301>
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