Self-constraint generated by 'freeze'

[mietek]

Is a Haskell application its own dependency? cabal freeze appears to think so:

$ cat > self.cabal << EOF
name:           self
version:        0.0
build-type:     Simple
cabal-version:  >=1.2

executable self
  build-depends: base
EOF

$ cabal freeze
Resolving dependencies...

$ cat cabal.config 
constraints: base ==4.7.0.0,
             ghc-prim ==0.3.1.0,
             integer-gmp ==0.5.1.0,
             rts ==1.0,
             self ==0.0

I would argue this is incorrect behaviour. Does anyone think otherwise?

[tibbe]

I agree. This is incorrect behavior.

[benarmston]

I agree too. I've put this on my list of issues to look at too. Thanks for the report and the test case.

[mietek]

@benarmston: You're welcome. I now see you've considered this issue earlier. Please don't omit the base dependency, though.

Halcyon includes a workaround for this issue.