#441: cabal update does not update dependent components ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1 Severity: normal | Resolution: invalid Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.10.1 | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by duncan): * status: new => closed * resolution: => invalid Comment: `cabal update` does not upgrade/install packages. It updates the list of known packages by downloading the list from the hackage server. The `cabal upgrade` command is probably what you are looking for. It upgrades all packages to the latest versions. The gentoo equivalent of `cabal update` is `emerge --sync` and the equivalent of `cabal upgrade` is `emerge -D world`. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/441#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects