[GHC] #7359: unix-2.6.0.0 fails to install on mac os x with 7.4.* (works with 7.6.1)

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#7359: unix-2.6.0.0 fails to install on mac os x with 7.4.* (works with 7.6.1)
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    Reporter:  AndreasVoellmy  |       Owner:  igloo  
        Type:  bug             |      Status:  new    
    Priority:  highest         |   Milestone:  7.6.3  
   Component:  libraries/unix  |     Version:  7.4.1  
    Keywords:  unix package    |          Os:  MacOS X
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |     Failure:  Other  
  Difficulty:  Unknown         |    Testcase:         
   Blockedby:                  |    Blocking:         
     Related:                  |  
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Comment(by MtnViewMark):

 The unix package is supplied with GHC. You can't, in general, just use a
 different version. Haskell Platform 2012.4 ships with GHC 7.4.1, which
 includes unix-2.5.1.1. I wouldn't expect unix-2.6.x.y to work with GHC
 7.4.1 at all.  Of course unix-2.6.x.y works with GHC 7.6.z, as that is the
 version of GHC that distributes with it.

 I'm curious what caused the OP's system to think it needed unix-2.6.0.0.
 I'm also wondering if I should be reading something into "I installed ghc
 from the haskell-platform" - does that mean they installed HP whole, or
 did some surgery to install just GHC?

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