Upgrading packages
Revision as of 14:59, 19 March 2018 by Henk-Jan van Tuyl (talk | contribs) (Removed text about GHC 7.0)
A list of things that need updating when porting packages to newer library/cabal versions.
If you maintain a Haskell package this is for you. For older versions of this document:
- 2.0 migration guide (upgrading for Cabal 2.0)
- /Updating to GHC 7
- /Updating to GHC 6.10
- /Updating to GHC 6.8
Most new tips for fixing build failures are tracked at https://github.com/haskell-infra/hackage-trustees/blob/master/cookbook.md
Compatibility with older GHC
Use cabal's conditional thingy, checking on impl(ghc >= x.yz). E.g:
ghc-options: -Wall -fexcess-precision -funbox-strict-fields if impl(ghc >= 6.12) ghc-options: -fno-warn-unused-do-bind