Haddock errors in dependencies block building of current project

[mightybyte]

I just encountered the following situation:

$ cabal new-build
Build profile: -w ghc-8.2.2 -O1
In order, the following will be built (use -v for more details):
 - github-0.21 (lib) (requires build)
 - my-project-0.1.0.0 (lib) (configuration changed)
 - my-project-0.1.0.0 (exe:my-project) (configuration changed)
Starting     github-0.21 (lib)
Building     github-0.21 (lib)
Haddock      github-0.21 (lib)
Warning: Failed to build documentation for github-0.21 (which is required by exe:my-project from my-project-0.1.0.0).
$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 2.4.0.0
compiled using version 2.4.0.1 of the Cabal library

Building with --disable-documentation fixed the problem, but required a rebuild of most of my dependencies.

[sboosali]

i think `--*able-documentation` are part of the hash of a package (if that's your question), because (iirc) cabal defines linker symbols for them, and so the build artifact's source code could be affected.

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On Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 06:21 Doug Beardsley ***@***.***> wrote: I just encountered the following situation: $ cabal new-build Build profile: -w ghc-8.2.2 -O1 In order, the following will be built (use -v for more details): - github-0.21 (lib) (requires build) - my-project-0.1.0.0 (lib) (configuration changed) - my-project-0.1.0.0 (exe:simple-ci) (configuration changed) Starting github-0.21 (lib) Building github-0.21 (lib) Haddock github-0.21 (lib) Warning: Failed to build documentation for github-0.21 (which is required by exe:simple-ci from my-project-0.1.0.0). $ cabal --version cabal-install version 2.4.0.0 compiled using version 2.4.0.1 of the Cabal library Building with --disable-documentation fixed the problem, but required a rebuild of most of my dependencies. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5976>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACNoMZZKbOCAcA25oVr3Yrh4K7Rbruz5ks5vb2TogaJpZM4cTvGK> .