Cabal and GHC: the big picture

Tom Ellis tom-lists-haskell-cafe-2023 at jaguarpaw.co.uk
Tue Jul 16 11:43:34 UTC 2024


Thanks Oleg.

On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 02:35:50PM +0300, Oleg Grenrus wrote:
> > This .cabal/store is not a package database.
> 
> .cabal/store/<ghc> **is** an ordinary package database.

The package database is the thing that contains the .conf files, isn't
it?  So perhaps you mean .cabal/store/<ghc>/package.db is an ordinary
package database?  If not it would be good if we can establish
precisely what is meant by "package database" and then clarify the
document.


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