[Haskell-cafe] Why is this package being compiled

[Fendor]

I second cabal-plan, but I am suggesting in particular the PR 
https://github.com/haskell-hvr/cabal-plan/pull/53
which features the sub-command `why-depends` pruning the dependency tree 
to show you exactly why you depend on
a certain package.

(Trying to raise some awareness for that PR as I want it to be merged)

Best regards,
Fendor


On 13/03/2022 18:31, Vanessa McHale wrote:

> I would use cabal-plan: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-plan
>
> there’s a subcommand, cabal-plan dot, which produces output suitable 
> for graphviz: https://graphviz.org
>
> Cheers,
> Vanessa McHale
>
>> On Mar 13, 2022, at 7:10 AM, Henry Laxen <nadine.and.henry at pobox.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Haskell friends,
>>
>> Is there a way to discover why a certain package is being compiled? 
>>  In my
>> case, the package cryptonite is a dependency of some other package, but I
>> don't know which one.  cryptonite doesn't compile on GHC 9.2.2, so if 
>> I can
>> find out which package is causing it to be selected, perhaps I can 
>> work around
>> my code so it (my code) does not depend on that package.  I hope I am 
>> making
>> myself clear.  Any pointers would be appreciated.
>> Best wishes,
>> Nadine and Henry Laxen            The rest is silence
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