array-0.2.0.0 doesn't build with 6.12rc1

Ian Lynagh igloo at earth.li
Mon Nov 2 12:25:02 EST 2009


On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 05:06:21PM -0000, Sittampalam, Ganesh wrote:
> Ross Paterson wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 02:05:01PM +0000, Simon Marlow wrote:
> >> You need array 0.3.0.0 which comes with GHC 6.12rc1, but is
> >> (probably) not on Hackage yet.
> > 
> > No it isn't: array-0.3.0.0 will be defined by what's released in GHC
> > 6.12.
> 
> That creates a timing problem, given that people will want to test the
> GHC 6.12 RC against packages that will depend on array and other core
> libraries like it.

You already have the array 0.3.0.0 package if you installed the RC. The
problem is that the darcs.cabal file says:
    build-depends: [...]
                   array      >= 0.1 && < 0.3,
                   [...]
so it's not using it.


Thanks
Ian



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