#841: cabal-install bootstrap.sh has an absurd dependency on base
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Reporter: VivianMcPhail | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: high | Milestone: cabal-install-0.8
Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.8.0.6
Severity: major | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: base dependency | Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour)
Ghcversion: | Platform:
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Changes (by duncan):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix
Comment:
Yeah, version 0.8 will not build with ghc-7. You need version 0.10.
The poor error message is unfortunate. It's to do with how we pick amongst
multiple alternative possible potential solutions in the flag resolution.
This bit of code is slated for a rewrite.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/841#comment:1>
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