[Hackage] #742: build-depends in Executable sections are unexpectedly global

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#742: build-depends in Executable sections are unexpectedly global
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  Reporter:  benmachine     |        Owner:      
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new 
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:      
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  HEAD
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:      
Difficulty:  unknown        |   Ghcversion:      
  Platform:                 |  
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 When I have two executable sections, it seems that the build-depends of
 one are used in the other. For example, the following:

 state.cabal
 {{{
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.2

 Name:       state
 Version:    0.1
 Build-type: Simple

 Executable state-tf
   Main-is: Main.hs
   Build-depends: base, transformers, monads-tf

 Executable state-mtl
   Main-is: Main.hs
   Build-depends: base, mtl
 }}}

 Main.hs
 {{{
 module Main where

 import Control.Monad.State

 main = print $ runState (put ()) undefined
 }}}

 fails to compile:
 {{{
 Preprocessing executables for state-0.1...
 Building state-0.1...

 Main.hs:3:7:
     Ambiguous module name `Control.Monad.State':
       it was found in multiple packages: monads-tf-0.1.0.0 mtl-1.1.1.0
 }}}

 If this is intended (which I doubt) it's at least confusing.

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