[Haskell-cafe] Re: Bug in Cabal?

Achim Schneider barsoap at web.de
Tue Feb 17 17:50:07 EST 2009


Martin Huschenbett <huschi at gmx.org> wrote:

> $ cabal install ghci-haskeline
> Resolving dependencies...
> cabal.exe: dependencies conflict: ghc-6.10.1 requires process
> ==1.0.1.1 however
> process-1.0.1.1 was excluded because ghc-6.10.1 requires process
> ==1.0.1.0
> 
cabal uninstall process-1.0.1.1 is what you want to do, and never,
ever[1] use cabal upgrade.

If you're interested in the gory details and why it's a bug while at
the same time not being one, there's a lengthy thread starting with
<http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/51759>


[1] Until cabal becomes smarter

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