#876: Build fails for zlib 0.5
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: reopened
Priority: low | Milestone:
Component: Cabal library | Version: HEAD
Severity: minor | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour)
Ghcversion: | Platform:
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Changes (by benmachine):
* status: closed => reopened
* resolution: invalid =>
Comment:
It's not a bug in `zlib` — `cabal-install` claims it can build with
`zlib-0.5.0.0` but we get this error:
{{{
[ 6 of 44] Compiling Distribution.Client.GZipUtils (
Distribution/Client/GZipUtils.hs, dist/build/cabal/cabal-
tmp/Distribution/Client/GZipUtils.o )
Distribution/Client/GZipUtils.hs:33:38:
Not in scope: `decompressWithErrors'
Distribution/Client/GZipUtils.hs:33:59:
Not in scope: `gzipOrZlibFormat'
Distribution/Client/GZipUtils.hs:39:17:
Not in scope: data constructor `StreamError'
Distribution/Client/GZipUtils.hs:39:29:
Not in scope: data constructor `DataError'
Distribution/Client/GZipUtils.hs:42:12:
Not in scope: data constructor `StreamEnd'
Distribution/Client/GZipUtils.hs:43:13:
Not in scope: data constructor `StreamChunk'
Distribution/Client/GZipUtils.hs:44:13:
Not in scope: data constructor `StreamError'
}}}
I can't find a ChangeLog for `zlib` but I assume the fix is to specify the
dep as `zlib >= 0.5.2 && < 0.6`.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/876#comment:2>
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