[Hugs] #44: Hugs does not provide version numbers for installed packages

[Hugs]

#44: Hugs does not provide version numbers for installed packages
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  Reporter:  briansmith   |       Owner:  nobody
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new   
  Priority:  major        |   Milestone:        
 Component:  hugs         |     Version:  200609
Resolution:               |    Keywords:        
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Changes (by guest):

 * cc: duncan at haskell.org (added)

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 ross]:

 > On the other hand, !InstalledPackageInfo is somewhat GHC-specific, so
 perhaps it would be better in both cases to just put in the package
 description, augmented with any buildinfo generated by package
 configuration.

 Is there anything GHC-specific that would cause problems? Some fields can
 simply be ignored for hugs. It'd be nice if we could get ghc, nhc and hugs
 all using a collection of !InstalledPackageInfo values for the package
 database.

 In future Cabal will read back the whole !InstalledPackageInfo when
 working with ghc so it can do module chasing. It'd be great if we could
 include hugs in such a scheme too. Currently Cabal doesn't know anything
 about the installed packages for hugs.

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