Ok, the author was very kind and fast and released on hackage the new version without that bound. Now, how can I clear the cache of cabal2nix? When I try cabal://roman-numerals it still get the precedent version (I'm guessing it' cached because I don't see the usual downloading trace)
2014-11-07 19:51 GMT+01:00 Peter Simons <[email protected]>: > Hi Carlo, > > > Configuring roman-numerals-0.5.1.4... > > Setup: At least the following dependencies are missing: > > text >=0.11 && <1.2 > > it would be great if you could contact the authors of that package to > inform them about this issue so that they can release an update. > > Meanwhile, you can probably work around the build failure by adding the > flag "--jailbreak" to the cabal2nix command line when generating the > expression. This will make the build ignore the upper boundary. > > > > Should I package also a version of text pre 1.2.0.0? What are naming > > conventions in this case? > > We have versions 0.11.0.5, 0.11.0.6, 0.11.1.5, 0.11.2.0, 0.11.2.3, > 0.11.3.1, and 1.1.1.3 packaged in Nix already. Generally speaking, > though, you should almost always avoid using an older version. It's much > better for everyone to make the package build with the most recent > version (which is oftentimes just a matter of ignoring the restrictions > from the Cabal file). > > Best regards, > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >
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