[Haskell-cafe] Curious why "cabal upgrade parsec" not installing
latest version
Ivan Lazar Miljenovic
ivan.miljenovic at gmail.com
Thu Sep 16 23:52:12 EDT 2010
Run "ghc-pkg check", and do a "cabal install --reinstall" for all
packages that it says need to be rebuilt at the bottom.
On 17 September 2010 13:44, Peter Schmitz <ps.haskell at gmail.com> wrote:
> This gets a little hilarious (but better to laugh than cry).
>
> Well, I decided to try Parsec version 3 (i.e., 3.1.0) after all, and
> edited my cabal config to include:
>
> preference: parsec >= 3
>
> I did not include "base >= 4"; hope that is not a problem.
>
> I did "cabal upgrade parsec", which went great.
>
> It added the new dirs:
>
> ...\cabal\parsec-3.1.0
> ...\cabal\mtl-1.1.1.0
> ...\cabal\bytestring-0.9.1.7
>
> I recompiled my little parsec demo.hs using various appropriate
> Text.Parsec modules (instead of Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec), and
> it worked great. Wonderful!
>
> So, I tried to recompile another program I have that uses:
>
>> module Main where
>> import Control.Monad.Trans ( liftIO )
>> import Data.IORef
>> import Graphics.UI.Gtk
>> import Graphics.UI.Gtk.Gdk.GC
>> import Graphics.UI.Gtk.Gdk.EventM
>> import Graphics.UI.Gtk.Glade
>> import List ( delete, nub )
>
> For this code (which previously compiled okay):
>
>> on canvas exposeEvent $ do
>> -- drawWindow <- eventWindow
>> -- region <- eventRegion
>> liftIO $ do -- <<< this is line 135
>> updateCanvas canvas currentPattern pattern2CanvasOffset zoomFactor id
>> (w,h) <- widgetGetSize canvas -- get (width,height) of DrawingArea
>> putStrLn $ "DrawingArea redrawn; (width, height) = " ++ show (w,h)
>> return True
>
> I get:
>
>> life.hs:135:6:
>> No instance for (Control.Monad.Trans.MonadIO
>> (mtl-1.1.0.2:Control.Monad.Reader.ReaderT
>> (GHC.Ptr.Ptr EExpose) IO))
>> arising from a use of `liftIO' at life.hs:135:6-11
>> Possible fix:
>> add an instance declaration for
>> (Control.Monad.Trans.MonadIO
>> (mtl-1.1.0.2:Control.Monad.Reader.ReaderT
>> (GHC.Ptr.Ptr EExpose) IO))
>> In the first argument of `($)', namely `liftIO'
>> In the expression:
>> liftIO
>> $ do { updateCanvas
>> canvas currentPattern pattern2CanvasOffset zoomFactor id;
>> (w, h) <- widgetGetSize canvas;
>> putStrLn
>> $ "DrawingArea redrawn; (width, height) = " ++ show (w, h);
>> return True }
>> In the second argument of `($)', namely
>> `do { liftIO
>> $ do { updateCanvas
>> canvas currentPattern pattern2CanvasOffset zoomFactor id;
>> (w, h) <- widgetGetSize canvas;
>> .... } }'
>
>
> When I did: "ghc --make life.hs -v", I saw among the output:
>
> "hiding package mtl-1.1.0.2 to avoid conflict with later version
> mtl-1.1.1.0"
>
> I guess that the parsec upgrade installed the newer mtl, and I'm
> wondering if that is what is making life.hs fail to compile. (?)
>
> Silly me, I noticed my gtk package was not up to date:
>
>> * gtk
>> Synopsis: Binding to the Gtk+ graphical user interface library.
>> Latest version available: 0.11.2
>> Latest version installed: 0.11.0 <<<
>> Homepage: http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs/
>> License: LGPL-2.1
>
> So!, thinking it might help, I did: "cabal upgrade gtk" too. (In the
> past I have successfully done "cabal install gtk", so I thought this
> would be okay. :-) I got:
>
>> H:\proc\dev\cmd>cabal upgrade gtk
>> Resolving dependencies...
>> Configuring old-time-1.0.0.5...
>> cabal: The package has a './configure' script. This requires a Unix
>> compatibility toolchain such as MinGW+MSYS or Cygwin.
>> Configuring random-1.0.0.2...
>> Preprocessing library random-1.0.0.2...
>> Building random-1.0.0.2...
>> [1 of 1] Compiling System.Random ( System\Random.hs, dist\build\System\Random.o )
>> Registering random-1.0.0.2...
>> Installing library in H:\proc\tools\cabal\random-1.0.0.2\ghc-6.12.1
>> Registering random-1.0.0.2...
>> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>> cairo-0.11.1 depends on old-time-1.0.0.5 which failed to install.
>> directory-1.0.1.2 depends on old-time-1.0.0.5 which failed to install.
>> gio-0.11.1 depends on old-time-1.0.0.5 which failed to install.
>> glib-0.11.2 depends on old-time-1.0.0.5 which failed to install.
>> gtk-0.11.2 depends on old-time-1.0.0.5 which failed to install.
>> haskell98-1.0.1.1 depends on old-time-1.0.0.5 which failed to install.
>> old-time-1.0.0.5 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>> pango-0.11.2 depends on old-time-1.0.0.5 which failed to install.
>> process-1.0.1.3 depends on old-time-1.0.0.5 which failed to install.
>
> (This is where I began laughing instead of crying :-)
>
> I don't recall ever having problems with old-time in the past.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it.
>
> I am willing to either keep parsec 3 and resolve the life.hs compile
> errors, or to revert to parsec 2 and somehow undo my package
> installation problems. (E.g., is there a
> "cabal uninstall <package-version>" command?)
>
> Thanks again very much.
> -- Peter
>
>
>
>
> p.s., trying to compile the parsec 3 demo yields (sorry about the formatting):
>
> H:\proc\dev\AAA\LC>ghc --make demo.hs -v
> Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Version 6.12.1, for Haskell 98, stage 2
> booted by GHC version 6.10.4
> Using binary package database: H:\proc\tools\Haskell
> Platform\2010.1.0.0\lib\package.conf.d\package
> .cache
> Using binary package database: C:\Documents and
> Settings\pschmitz\Application Data\ghc\i386-mingw32
> -6.12.1\package.conf.d\package.cache
> package QuickCheck-2.1.0.3-bf62d0a8213b04c27e0b8600c172a8b1 is
> unusable due to missing or recursive
> dependencies:
> random-1.0.0.2-156803737564049405b3380fdb96ac75
> package cairo-0.11.0-72dde87f1e0a5c90fea5cd07ed797405 is unusable due
> to missing or recursive depen
> dencies:
> haskell98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6
> package containers-0.3.0.0-339506fe3cdbf89bbfb2d85bb3085ace is
> shadowed by package containers-0.3.0
> .0-409fe3b8f0dda25b98e03716d26be411
> package dph-base-0.4.0-385a36312e9cc9bc5a672eb91d4e2be8 is unusable
> due to missing or recursive dep
> endencies:
> random-1.0.0.2-156803737564049405b3380fdb96ac75
> package dph-par-0.4.0-6be3d558b460028d063187e304761859 is unusable due
> to missing or recursive depe
> ndencies:
> dph-base-0.4.0-385a36312e9cc9bc5a672eb91d4e2be8
> dph-prim-par-0.4.0-a2411981a52bb04ae3b57a3bcf0824
> c6 random-1.0.0.2-156803737564049405b3380fdb96ac75
> package dph-prim-interface-0.4.0-523625c6a333b8571d7942e5861b066f is
> unusable due to missing or rec
> ursive dependencies:
> dph-base-0.4.0-385a36312e9cc9bc5a672eb91d4e2be8
> random-1.0.0.2-156803737564049405b3380fdb96ac75
> package dph-prim-par-0.4.0-a2411981a52bb04ae3b57a3bcf0824c6 is
> unusable due to missing or recursive
> dependencies:
> dph-base-0.4.0-385a36312e9cc9bc5a672eb91d4e2be8
> dph-prim-interface-0.4.0-523625c6a333b8571d7942e5
> 861b066f dph-prim-seq-0.4.0-23150bc82f21bd4268b1551af7a32901
> random-1.0.0.2-156803737564049405b3380
> fdb96ac75
> package dph-prim-seq-0.4.0-23150bc82f21bd4268b1551af7a32901 is
> unusable due to missing or recursive
> dependencies:
> dph-base-0.4.0-385a36312e9cc9bc5a672eb91d4e2be8
> dph-prim-interface-0.4.0-523625c6a333b8571d7942e5
> 861b066f random-1.0.0.2-156803737564049405b3380fdb96ac75
> package dph-seq-0.4.0-1f5167ea371010387123b68e975177b2 is unusable due
> to missing or recursive depe
> ndencies:
> dph-base-0.4.0-385a36312e9cc9bc5a672eb91d4e2be8
> dph-prim-seq-0.4.0-23150bc82f21bd4268b1551af7a329
> 01 random-1.0.0.2-156803737564049405b3380fdb96ac75
> package gio-0.11.0-a1b8e449598cebc0a1f5ede5721c9050 is unusable due to
> missing or recursive depende
> ncies:
> glib-0.11.0-4a94b9bb6be01708fc9318c4a89fc135
> haskell98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6
> package glade-0.11.1-269f5460770f38fd3611e7f0b744d3bd is unusable due
> to missing or recursive depen
> dencies:
> cairo-0.11.0-72dde87f1e0a5c90fea5cd07ed797405
> glib-0.11.0-4a94b9bb6be01708fc9318c4a89fc135 gtk-0.
> 11.0-36d58b0031e689175c433813944b65c5
> haskell98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6 pango-0.11
> .0-d05d9f0e9c5b738a67ed0d24e084fb0d
> package glib-0.11.0-4a94b9bb6be01708fc9318c4a89fc135 is unusable due
> to missing or recursive depend
> encies:
> haskell98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6
> package gtk-0.11.0-36d58b0031e689175c433813944b65c5 is unusable due to
> missing or recursive depende
> ncies:
> cairo-0.11.0-72dde87f1e0a5c90fea5cd07ed797405
> gio-0.11.0-a1b8e449598cebc0a1f5ede5721c9050 glib-0.
> 11.0-4a94b9bb6be01708fc9318c4a89fc135
> haskell98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6 pango-0.11
> .0-d05d9f0e9c5b738a67ed0d24e084fb0d
> package gtkglext-0.11.1-987eb12e32dcc852ba498eec3a29196f is unusable
> due to missing or recursive de
> pendencies:
> cairo-0.11.0-72dde87f1e0a5c90fea5cd07ed797405
> glib-0.11.0-4a94b9bb6be01708fc9318c4a89fc135 gtk-0.
> 11.0-36d58b0031e689175c433813944b65c5
> haskell98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6 pango-0.11
> .0-d05d9f0e9c5b738a67ed0d24e084fb0d
> package haskell-platform-2010.1.0.0-d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
> is unusable due to missing or
> recursive dependencies:
> QuickCheck-2.1.0.3-bf62d0a8213b04c27e0b8600c172a8b1
> haskell-src-1.0.1.3-6f583e83bf54a6ca0d07a352d
> e5e8f4d
> package haskell-src-1.0.1.3-6f583e83bf54a6ca0d07a352de5e8f4d is
> unusable due to missing or recursiv
> e dependencies:
> haskell98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6
> package haskell98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6 is unusable
> due to missing or recursive
> dependencies:
> random-1.0.0.2-156803737564049405b3380fdb96ac75
> package pango-0.11.0-d05d9f0e9c5b738a67ed0d24e084fb0d is unusable due
> to missing or recursive depen
> dencies:
> cairo-0.11.0-72dde87f1e0a5c90fea5cd07ed797405
> glib-0.11.0-4a94b9bb6be01708fc9318c4a89fc135 haskel
> l98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6
> package random-1.0.0.2-156803737564049405b3380fdb96ac75 is shadowed by
> package random-1.0.0.2-b570f
> 45bd00b7a1bc98159f55cd12ecc
> package soegtk-0.11.1-f55bac8cb473da3d88f7d16b3ff09cc2 is unusable due
> to missing or recursive depe
> ndencies:
> cairo-0.11.0-72dde87f1e0a5c90fea5cd07ed797405
> glib-0.11.0-4a94b9bb6be01708fc9318c4a89fc135 gtk-0.
> 11.0-36d58b0031e689175c433813944b65c5
> haskell98-1.0.1.1-0fdaf3b26bc38c43ce8371edf538dbf6
> hiding package OpenGL-2.2.3.0 to avoid conflict with later version
> OpenGL-2.4.0.1
> hiding package Win32-2.2.0.1 to avoid conflict with later version Win32-2.2.0.2
> hiding package array-0.3.0.0 to avoid conflict with later version array-0.3.0.1
> hiding package base-3.0.3.2 to avoid conflict with later version base-4.2.0.0
> hiding package bytestring-0.9.1.5 to avoid conflict with later version
> bytestring-0.9.1.7
> hiding package filepath-1.1.0.3 to avoid conflict with later version
> filepath-1.1.0.4
> hiding package mtl-1.1.0.2 to avoid conflict with later version mtl-1.1.1.0
> hiding package parsec-2.1.0.1 to avoid conflict with later version parsec-3.1.0
> hiding package time-1.1.4 to avoid conflict with later version time-1.2.0.3
> hiding package utf8-string-0.3.4 to avoid conflict with later version
> utf8-string-0.3.6
> wired-in package ghc-prim mapped to
> ghc-prim-0.2.0.0-d062610a70b26dce7f0809a3a984e0b8
> wired-in package integer-gmp mapped to
> integer-gmp-0.2.0.0-fa82a0df93dc30b4a7c5654dd7c68cf4
> wired-in package base mapped to base-4.2.0.0-f9f9ffe572130b994c2080b74a5b4e68
> wired-in package rts mapped to builtin_rts
> wired-in package haskell98 not found.
> wired-in package template-haskell mapped to
> template-haskell-2.4.0.0-4e889e188d5d6909681d875bc63a59
> f2
> wired-in package dph-seq not found.
> wired-in package dph-par not found.
> Hsc static flags: -static
> *** Chasing dependencies:
> Chasing modules from: *demo.hs
>
> demo.hs:10:7:
> Could not find module `System.Glib.GError':
> locations searched:
> System\Glib\GError.hs
> System\Glib\GError.lhs
> *** Deleting temp files:
> Deleting:
> *** Deleting temp dirs:
> Deleting:
>
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