remove old library doc link (#1098), and point to HackageDB

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
index d9a6198..36bb71c 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
@@ -552,14 +552,11 @@ import qualified Control.Monad.ST.Strict as ST
       linkend="search-path"/>.</para>
 
       <para>GHC comes with a large collection of libraries arranged
-      hierarchically; see the accompanying library documentation.
-      There is an ongoing project to create and maintain a stable set
-      of <quote>core</quote> libraries used by several Haskell
-      compilers, and the libraries that GHC comes with represent the
-      current status of that project.  For more details, see <ulink
-      url="http://www.haskell.org/~simonmar/libraries/libraries.html">Haskell
-      Libraries</ulink>.</para>
-
+      hierarchically; see the accompanying <ulink
+      url="../libraries/index.html">library
+      documentation</ulink>.  More libraries to install are available
+      from <ulink
+      url="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/hackage.html">HackageDB</ulink>.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <!-- ====================== PATTERN GUARDS =======================  -->

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/packages.xml b/docs/users_guide/packages.xml
index ab4ab8d..621747f 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/users_guide/packages.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/packages.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ Packages
  </title>
   <indexterm><primary>packages</primary></indexterm>
   
-  <para>A package is a library of Haskell modules known to the compiler.  GHC
-    comes with several packages: see the accompanying 
-    <ulink url="../libraries/index.html">library documentation</ulink>.</para>
+  <para>A package is a library of Haskell modules known to the
+    compiler.  GHC comes with several packages: see the accompanying
+    <ulink url="../libraries/index.html">library
+    documentation</ulink>.  More packages to install can be obtained
+    from <ulink
+    url="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/hackage.html">HackageDB</ulink>.</para>
 
   <para>Using a package couldn't be simpler: if you're using
     <option>--make</option> or GHCi, then most of the installed packages will be