[Haskell-cafe] stack problems

[Dennis Raddle]

That solved it, thank you.


On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 11:48 PM, David Turner <
dct25-561bs at mythic-beasts.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It looks like you've added `text` to the list of dependencies for the
> executable, rather than the library. Try adding it to the `build-depends`
> field of the library block in the cabal file instead.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> On 28 May 2017 07:41, "Dennis Raddle" <dennis.raddle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Trying to learn stack. I'm following the tutorial on this page:
>>
>> https://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/GUIDE/
>>
>> I built helloworld. Then I modified Lib.hs to include Data.Text.IO, as
>> the tutorial specifies. I typed 'stack build' and got the error that the
>> text package wasn't installed, as the tutorial says I would. I then
>> modified helloworld.cabal to have these lines:
>>
>>   build-depends:       base
>>                      , helloworld
>>                      , text
>>
>> and typed 'stack build' again. I got the exact same  output - an error on
>> building Lib.hs, 'Failed to load interface for Data.Text.IO. I checked
>> that I really modified al lthe right files and can't find anything I did
>> wrong.
>>
>>
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