#408: cabal install / cabal update should give warning when preferred versions will result in something other than the latest version on hackage ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: tphyahoo | Owner: duncan coutts Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: cabal-install tool | Version: HEAD Severity: normal | Resolution: Keywords: | Difficulty: normal Ghcversion: 6.10.1 | Platform: ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment (by lilac): In the specific case of a 'cabal upgrade' where a named package is already the preferred version but there is a later version, it would be very helpful to include a message. Currently we see this: {{{ $ cabal upgrade parsec Resolving dependencies... No packages to be installed. All the requested packages are already installed. If you want to reinstall anyway then use the --reinstall flag. $ }}} ... when the intention was probably to install parsec 3. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/408#comment:2 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects