HUnit 1.2.0.0 on 6.8.1 vs 1.1.1 on 6.6.1

Greg Fitzgerald garious at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 17:04:24 EST 2007


>> > "abc" @=? "efg"
>> Loading package HUnit-1.2.0.0 ... linking ... done.
>> *** Exception: (unknown)

On Dec 3, 2007 7:23 AM, Ian Lynagh <igloo at earth.li> wrote:
> This is caused by a change in the HUnit library, from
>    assertFailure msg = ioError (userError (hunitPrefix ++ msg))
> to
>    assertFailure msg = E.throwDyn (HUnitFailure msg)
>
> We don't really have a good answer for where non-bootlib library bugs
> should go at the moment. I don't know if Dean uses the sourceforge bug
> tracker or not.

Could this change be reverted for 6.8.2?  HUnit is mostly useless in its
current state.

Thanks,
Greg
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