Re: [Haskell-cafe] Problem with cabal-install where package requires* mutually exclusive versions of another package

2009-03-14 Thread Duncan Coutts
On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 19:10 +1100, Mark Wassell wrote: I am trying install a package using cabal-install however the package requies an older version of QuickCheck and one of the required packages requires the latest version: $ cabal fetch Reactive Resolving dependencies... cabal.exe:

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Problem with cabal-install where package requires* mutually exclusive versions of another package

2009-03-14 Thread Denis Bueno
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 09:40, Duncan Coutts duncan.cou...@worc.ox.ac.uk wrote: A medium term solution here should involve letting packages specify that some of their dependencies are private, ie nothing is re-exported and thus there is no danger of clashes. Is the long term solution to

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Problem with cabal-install where package requires* mutually exclusive versions of another package

2009-03-14 Thread Duncan Coutts
On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 10:02 -0600, Denis Bueno wrote: On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 09:40, Duncan Coutts duncan.cou...@worc.ox.ac.uk wrote: A medium term solution here should involve letting packages specify that some of their dependencies are private, ie nothing is re-exported and thus there is