What is the relationship between ghc-pkg and cabal?

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Published on 2010-04-25T00:13:16Z Indexed on 2010/04/25 5:53 UTC
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With respect to how packages are created, installed and used in Haskell, what is the relationship between ghc-pkg and cabal?

What are their roles - when would you use one, over the other, or use both?

Are they complementary tools, competitive tools, or simply tools that do different jobs?

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