Packages from 2.2 to 2.8 included can't be installed

[shoooe]

I'm on Mac OS 10.10.2 and my OpenGL support is up to 3.3, theoretically. I therefore tried to install the OpenGL package 2.8.x, but it failed with:

[  3 of 200] Compiling Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.Raw.EXT.SceneMarker ( src/Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/Raw/EXT/SceneMarker.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-894b178b/build/Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/Raw/EXT/SceneMarker.o )

src/Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/Raw/EXT/SceneMarker.hs:30:44:
    parse error on input ‘glBeginScene’

Therefore I tried with 2.7, which failed with:

[1 of 1] Compiling Data.Tensor      ( src/Data/Tensor.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-894b178b/build/Data/Tensor.o )

src/Data/Tensor.hs:57:4:
    ‘typeOf1’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable1’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:57:28:
    Not in scope: ‘mkTyCon’
    Perhaps you meant ‘mkTyCon3’ (imported from Data.Typeable)

src/Data/Tensor.hs:60:4:
    ‘typeOf’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:60:13: Not in scope: ‘typeOfDefault’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:94:4:
    ‘typeOf1’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable1’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:94:28:
    Not in scope: ‘mkTyCon’
    Perhaps you meant ‘mkTyCon3’ (imported from Data.Typeable)

src/Data/Tensor.hs:97:4:
    ‘typeOf’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:97:13: Not in scope: ‘typeOfDefault’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:131:4:
    ‘typeOf1’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable1’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:131:28:
    Not in scope: ‘mkTyCon’
    Perhaps you meant ‘mkTyCon3’ (imported from Data.Typeable)

src/Data/Tensor.hs:134:4:
    ‘typeOf’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:134:13: Not in scope: ‘typeOfDefault’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:168:4:
    ‘typeOf1’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable1’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:168:28:
    Not in scope: ‘mkTyCon’
    Perhaps you meant ‘mkTyCon3’ (imported from Data.Typeable)

src/Data/Tensor.hs:171:4:
    ‘typeOf’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:171:13: Not in scope: ‘typeOfDefault’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:205:4:
    ‘typeOf1’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable1’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:205:28:
    Not in scope: ‘mkTyCon’
    Perhaps you meant ‘mkTyCon3’ (imported from Data.Typeable)

src/Data/Tensor.hs:208:4:
    ‘typeOf’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:208:13: Not in scope: ‘typeOfDefault’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:242:4:
    ‘typeOf1’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable1’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:242:28:
    Not in scope: ‘mkTyCon’
    Perhaps you meant ‘mkTyCon3’ (imported from Data.Typeable)

src/Data/Tensor.hs:245:4:
    ‘typeOf’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:245:13: Not in scope: ‘typeOfDefault’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:279:4:
    ‘typeOf1’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable1’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:279:28:
    Not in scope: ‘mkTyCon’
    Perhaps you meant ‘mkTyCon3’ (imported from Data.Typeable)

src/Data/Tensor.hs:282:4:
    ‘typeOf’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:282:13: Not in scope: ‘typeOfDefault’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:316:4:
    ‘typeOf1’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable1’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:316:28:
    Not in scope: ‘mkTyCon’
    Perhaps you meant ‘mkTyCon3’ (imported from Data.Typeable)

src/Data/Tensor.hs:319:4:
    ‘typeOf’ is not a (visible) method of class ‘Typeable’

src/Data/Tensor.hs:319:13: Not in scope: ‘typeOfDefault’

Same error goes for 2.5. So I tried with 2.4, and what I got was:

Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Hints.hs:25:8:
    Could not find module ‘Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.Raw.EXT.Cmyka’
    Perhaps you meant
      Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.Raw.EXT.CMYKA (from OpenGLRaw-1.5.0.0)
      Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.Raw.EXT.ABGR (from OpenGLRaw-1.5.0.0)
      Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.Raw.EXT.BGRA (from OpenGLRaw-1.5.0.0)
    Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.

Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/PixelFormat.hs:23:8:
    Could not find module ‘Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.Raw.EXT.Abgr’
    Perhaps you meant
      Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.Raw.EXT.ABGR (from OpenGLRaw-1.5.0.0)
      Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.Raw.EXT.BGRA (from OpenGLRaw-1.5.0.0)
      Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.Raw.EXT (from OpenGLRaw-1.5.0.0)
    Use -v to see a list of the files searched for.

And the same goes for 2.3, and 2.2 gave me:

Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/IOState.hs:31:10: Warning:
    ‘IOState’ is an instance of Monad but not Applicative - this will become an error in GHC 7.10, under the Applicative-Monad Proposal.
[ 3 of 86] Compiling Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.GL.PeekPoke ( Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/PeekPoke.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-894b178b/build/Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/PeekPoke.o )
[ 4 of 86] Compiling Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL.GL.Tensor ( Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Tensor.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-894b178b/build/Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Tensor.o )

Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Tensor.hs:27:18:
    Module ‘Data.Typeable’ does not export ‘mkTyCon’

Graphics/Rendering/OpenGL/GL/Tensor.hs:27:54:
    Module ‘Data.Typeable’ does not export ‘typeOfDefault’

Is there a way to install this package so that it's possible to use it in a 3.3 context?

[svenpanne]

All OpenGL API entries are resolved dynamically at runtime, so you can install any version of the OpenGL packages, you just can't use more recent features in your program/library. So just try the latest and greatest 2.12.0.0 version, it should install cleanly. If not, that's a bug and I need more details, like e.g. the exact commandlines used, the output of cabal exec ghc-pkg list, etc. It would be great to hear about success/failure with 2.12.0.0.

It could very well be the case that older package versions don't work anymore, there have been tons of changes in the ecosystem, e.g. Mac OS X switching from GCC to clang, GHC changes, tons of changes to dependent packages, etc. I simply don't have the development cycles to fix these things retroactively, and as explained above, there shouldn't be a need to do this.

[shoooe]

I tried with the latest and it worked just fine. Thanks.