[Haskell-cafe] Hackage: "Build: PlanningFailed"

[Bryan Richter]

Hi all,

On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 at 13:51, Volker Wysk wrote:
>
> Hi, Tom!
>
> Am Sonntag, dem 31.03.2024 um 11:27 +0100 schrieb Tom Ellis:
> > On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 12:16:45PM +0200, Volker Wysk wrote:
> > > Why does it reject the base library? The versions conflict, but why
does it
> > > think the version should be base-4.18.1.0? The library compiles okay
on my
> > > machine (using "cabal build"). I have this in the hsshellscript.cabal
file,
> > > under "build-depends:": base >= 4.13.0 && < 4.14
> > >
>
> > but you're now trying to install the library with ghc 9.6 in your
> > PATH.
>
> No, I'm just trying to upload it to Hackage properly. That's where I got
> that error.
>

I guess the problem here is that the Hackage Builder itself is using GHC
9.6, while Volker had been building with GHC 8.8. Therefore, Hackage was
stuck trying to use base-4.18.1.0. I think that is the direct answer to
Volker's question. I can imagine there may be follow-up questions,
however...
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