[Haskell-cafe] Hackage: "Build: PlanningFailed"

[Volker Wysk]

Am Sonntag, dem 31.03.2024 um 18:58 +0300 schrieb Bryan Richter:
> Hi all,
> 
> On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 at 13:51, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > 
> > Hi, Tom!
> > 
> > Am Sonntag, dem 31.03.2024 um 11:27 +0100 schrieb Tom Ellis:
> > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 12:16:45PM +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > > > Why does it reject the base library? The versions conflict, but why
> > > > does it
> > > > think the version should be base-4.18.1.0? The library compiles okay
> > > > on my
> > > > machine (using "cabal build"). I have this in the
> > > > hsshellscript.cabal file,
> > > > under "build-depends:": base >= 4.13.0 && < 4.14
> > > > 
> > 
> > > but you're now trying to install the library with ghc 9.6 in your
> > > PATH.  
> > 
> > No, I'm just trying to upload it to Hackage properly. That's where I got
> > that error.
> > 
> 
> I guess the problem here is that the Hackage Builder itself is using GHC
> 9.6, while Volker had been building with GHC 8.8. Therefore, Hackage was
> stuck trying to use base-4.18.1.0. I think that is the direct answer to
> Volker's question. I can imagine there may be follow-up questions,
> however...

Yes, that's right. And the follow-up question is: Why aren't all base
package versions available to the Hackage Builder? Brandon answered that and
made it clear.

Cheers
Volker