# Pre-Pre-HFTP: Decoupling base and GHC

**URL:** <https://discourse.haskell.org/t/pre-pre-hftp-decoupling-base-and-ghc/3727>\
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**Created:** [November 25, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/pre-pre-hftp-decoupling-base-and-ghc/3727 "2021-11-25T08:00:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ericson2314](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/ericson2314/32/1026_2.png) [@Ericson2314](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/Ericson2314)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/pre-pre-hftp-decoupling-base-and-ghc/3727/44 "2022-02-14T04:30:11Z")

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Thanks! That is very useful. I am generally a fan of rebasing things no matter how ancient, so I should take a crack at rebasing @nomeata’s changes even though they are a decade old.

From it’s readme

> Some changes are just work-arounds due to GHC having the package name `base` hardcoded

Yes we should definitely get that more flexible so we don’t need to rebuild the compiler are stuff merely moves around. Settings file, maybe?

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