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+The functions for creating temporary files and directories in the
+base library are quite limited. The unixutils package contains some
+good ones, but they aren't portable to Windows. This library just
+repackages the Cabal implementations of its own temporary file and
+folder functions so that you can use them without linking against
+Cabal or depending on it being installed.
+
+This requires ghc.
+
+After uninstalling, run this command to unregister the package from
+the ghc package database: ghc-pkg recache