Re: [Haskell-cafe] happstack-helpers fails to install on Mac OSX

31 Aug 2009

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"Colin" == Colin Paul Adams  writes:
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"Colin" == Colin Paul Adams  writes:
    Colin> I've just installed the Haskell Platform (2009.2.0.2) on
    Colin> Mac OSX 10.5.6, including GHC 6.10.4.
Colin> Then I started added some packahges with cabal install.

    Colin> But happstack-helpers-0.30 fails with:

    Colin> Happstack/Helpers/DirBrowse.hs:88:105 Couldn't match
    Colin> expected type `String' against inferred type `Bool' In the
    Colin> third argument of `hscolour', namely `False' In the second
    Colin> argument of `(.)', namely `BrowseHtmlString . (hscolour
    Colin> defaultColourPrefs False False f)'

    Colin> Is this a known error, and if so, is there a workaround?

    Colin> I guess it's the same problem that was reported earlier
    Colin> this week with hlint and hscolour 1.15.  I'll try
    Colin> installing an earlier version of hscolour. 

Yes. Installing hscolour 1.14 instead did the trick.

Can we have a new version of happstack-helpers that supports hscolour
1.15 please?
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire