erik: > Hi, > > I've found an annoying problem with cabal install 0.6 and > data-accessor 0.2.1.3. This version of cabal-install fails to parse > the tested-with property in the cabal file of data-accessor 0.2.1.3. > This means that *any* package depending on data-accessor (any version) > will fail to build (at least here it does). The error is: > > cabal: Couldn't read cabal file > "./data-accessor/0.2.1.3/data-accessor.cabal" > > When unpacking and configuring data-accessor-0.2.1.3, I get: > > cabal-0.6: data-accessor.cabal:67: Parse of field 'tested-with' failed. > > The tested-with field reads: > > Tested-With: GHC==6.4.1 && ==6.8.2 && ==6.10.4, JHC==0.7.3 > > The versions are: cabal-install version 0.6.2, using version 1.6.0.3 > of the Cabal library, and GHC 6.10.3. Version 0.8 of cabal-install > doesn't have this problem. > > I don't think a new version of data-accessor can fix this problem, > since cabal install will still also try to parse the cabal file for > the old one. That's why I'm also CC-ing Don: perhaps the offending > line can somehow be removed on hackage to stop this problem from > occurring?
I don't think it will try to parse the old one, will it? Only if someone explicitly asks to look at the old versions? _______________________________________________ cabal-devel mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel
