[Haskell-cafe] Problem compiling hdbc with GHC 6.10.1 in windows

[Thomas Schilling]

You need to use base-3.  For a temporary fix, edit the file HDBC.cabal
and change the base part of the "build-depends" to look like this:
base == 3.*, (wherever it occurs)

2008/11/6 PJ Durai <pjdtech2000 at gmail.com>:
> Greetings
>
> I would like to report that I am not able to compile hdbc 1.1.5.0.
>
> $ runghc.exe Setup.lhs build
> Preprocessing library HDBC-1.1.5...
> Building HDBC-1.1.5...
> [1 of 6] Compiling Database.HDBC.ColTypes ( Database\HDBC\ColTypes.hs,
> dist\build\Database\HDBC\ColTypes.o )
> [2 of 6] Compiling Database.HDBC.Statement (
> Database\HDBC\Statement.hs, dist\build\Database\HDBC\Statement.o )
> [3 of 6] Compiling Database.HDBC.Types ( Database\HDBC\Types.hs,
> dist\build\Database\HDBC\Types.o )
> [4 of 6] Compiling Database.HDBC.DriverUtils (
> Database\HDBC\DriverUtils.hs, dist\build\Database\HDBC\DriverUtils.o )
> [5 of 6] Compiling Database.HDBC.Utils ( Database\HDBC\Utils.hs,
> dist\build\Database\HDBC\Utils.o )
> Database\HDBC\Utils.hs:51:11: Not in scope: `catchDyn'
> Database\HDBC\Utils.hs:55:16: Not in scope: `catchDyn'
> Database\HDBC\Utils.hs:60:18: Not in scope: `dynExceptions'
>
> Environment:
> Windows XP SP2
> GHC 6.10.1
>
> thanks
> pj
>
> I had no problems compiling this with GHC 6.8.
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