[Haskell-cafe] Can't install hspec

[Malcolm Wallace]

On 23 Jan 2012, at 07:01, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:

>    /tmp/hspec-0.9.04062/hspec-0.9.0/Setup.lhs:2:10:
>        Could not find module `System'
>        It is a member of the hidden package `haskell98-2.0.0.0'.

In ghc-7.2, you cannot use the haskell98 package in conjunction with the base package.  The simplest solution is the replace the "import System" with the appropriate replacement module in base: most probably System.Environment, System.Exit, or similar.

Regards,
    Malcolm