Re: [Haskell] Re: Trying to install binary-0.4

Udo Stenzel wrote:

- install exactly one version of cabal, 1.1.6.2, and *remove* all others, - ask ghc-pkg for the description of base, then edit Data.ByteString out of that and re-register it,

I forgot, I also tried tar-1.0 on GHC 6.6, and had the same problem there. Even after updating Cabal, there was no way to install 'bytestring' due to the conflict with 'base'. A modified package description for 'base' helped. The reason that tar absolutely wants new stuff is 'instance MonadFix Get', which is not in binary-0.3. If you absolutely want users of GHC 6.6 to stick with binary-0.3, then you should provide a maintenance release binary-0.3.1. And we're back to Eternal Compatibility in Theory... -Udo