[Haskell-cafe] Problem loading hxt

[Ivan Lazar Miljenovic]

David Place <d at vidplace.com> writes:

>  Hello:
>
> I am trying to load hxt into my Haskell Platform 2010.2.0.0 on OSX.  I
> get the following bizarre comment:
>
> David-Places-Mac-Mini:dev2 davidplace$ cabal install hxt
> Resolving dependencies...
> cabal: dependencies conflict: ghc-6.12.3 requires directory ==1.0.1.1 however
> directory-1.0.1.1 was excluded because ghc-6.12.3 requires directory ==1.0.1.2
>
> I see that I have the older directory in my global package list and the newer one in my local list.  Help?  Thanks.
>
> David-Places-Mac-Mini:dev2 davidplace$ ghc-pkg list
> /Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/612/usr/lib/ghc-6.12.3/package.conf.d
>    [snip]
>    directory-1.0.1.1
>    [snip]
> /Users/davidplace/.ghc/i386-darwin-6.12.3/package.conf.d
>    [snip]
>    directory-1.0.1.2
>    [snip]

You should remove the version in your home directory (ghc-pkg unregister
directory-1.0.1.2 --user) and refrain from using "cabal upgrade" in
future.

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