Old versions of GHC (7.0 and 7.2) 'couldn't find timestamp record for given compiler/platform pair' #73
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Hmm. As a follow up, I don't think this is a problem with old versions, but with switching versions. Now running it with |
This is unexpected, but unlikely to be a Halcyon issue. Which Cabal version are you using? |
I can’t reproduce this. My simple test application, hello, installs successfully on Ubuntu 14.10 with all of the following: |
@mietek In that case, let's close this. I don't actually think it was anything specific to 7.2, but rather switching between versions. I'll create a new issue if I can give an actual reproduction. |
I wouldn’t expect switching GHC versions to cause any issues. On the other hand, switching Cabal versions has already caused reproducible issues (haskell/cabal#2320). |
@dbp: Please also take a look at haskell/cabal#1869 and haskell/cabal#2491. |
Oh that seems possible. I was definitely switching while building. Is it On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Miëtek Bak notifications@github.com wrote:
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Halcyon keeps track of the versions of GHC and Cabal used to build the Halcyon-managed sandbox, and should automatically prevent a version mismatch. Perhaps you’ve had some leftover files in your project’s directory? |
Certainly likely. I believe I tried to build without halcyon first before I On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Miëtek Bak notifications@github.com wrote:
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I'm doing a little application archeology, and need to install some packages that don't work with modern versions of
base
. I tried to install an application using7.0.4
and7.2.2
(the two oldest versions supported by halcyon) and both errored out in the following way:This is with an ubuntu 14.10 system.
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