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@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ name: cabal-helper
version: 0.3.9.0
synopsis: Simple interface to some of Cabal's configuration state used by ghc-mod
description:
- @cabal-helper@ provides a library which wraps the internal use of executables
- to lift the restrictions imposed by linking against versions of GHC before
- @7.10@.
+ @cabal-helper@ provides a library which wraps the internal use of
+ anexecutable to lift the restrictions imposed by linking against versions of
+ GHC before @7.10@. This has the pleasant side effect of isolating the user
+ from having to deal with Cabal version changes manually as @cabal-helper@
+ can simply recompile it's helper program automatically as needed.
.
@cabal-helper@ uses a wrapper executable to compile the actual cabal-helper
executable at runtime while linking against an arbitrary version of