[GHC] #3345: Support reading .a files in GHCi to reclaim some disk space

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#3345: Support reading .a files in GHCi to reclaim some disk space
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  Reporter:  batterseapower   |          Owner:                  
      Type:  feature request  |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  high             |      Milestone:  7.4.1           
 Component:  Compiler         |        Version:  6.10.2          
Resolution:  fixed            |       Keywords:                  
  Testcase:                   |      Blockedby:                  
Difficulty:  Unknown          |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Blocking:                   |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown     |  
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Comment(by marlowsd@…):

 commit efcbe14df849dc1acc810253f4e0c725bb2d7a12
 {{{
 Author: Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com>
 Date:   Tue Nov 8 10:28:56 2011 +0000

     update docs regarding .a files and GHCi (#3345)

  docs/users_guide/packages.xml |   56
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  1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3345#comment:8>
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