base split in GHC 6.8.1

[Ross Paterson]

On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 03:38:55PM +0000, Neil Mitchell wrote:
> How do we fix it? Clearly making it 6.8.1 compatible is a good thing,
> but breaking 6.6.1 compatibility would be bad - and requiring everyone
> to update their Cabal is likely to be equally painful.
> 
> If someone could write a brief tutorial (perhaps on the Wiki) of the
> recommended (TM) way to go, I'll update my packages.

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Upgrading_packages

It does require that users upgrade their Cabal, but it provides
compatibility with both 6.6 and 6.8.