CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user1198582
user1198582

Reputation:

stack.yaml not pulling in dependency from github

Here's the stack.yaml stanza

packages:

- location:
   git: https://github.com/TwitterFriends/lsh.git
   commit: 57d57f4209e56f526c0eca023907015935c26071
   extra-dep: true

I add the package to cabal file

get error when I try to build

While constructing the BuildPlan the following exceptions were encountered:

--  While attempting to add dependency,
    Could not find package lsh in known packages

What am I doing wrong?

Current project found here

https://github.com/TwitterFriends/twitter-friend-server

Upvotes: 3

Views: 866

Answers (2)

Shersh
Shersh

Reputation: 9179

The problem is syntax. You added some extra spaces before extra-dep. Place this in stack.yaml. With this, your project builds on my machine.

- location:
    git: https://github.com/TwitterFriends/lsh.git
    commit: 57d57f4209e56f526c0eca023907015935c26071
  extra-dep: true

UPDATE: (17 Dec 2017)

Since stack-1.6.1 syntax of adding github dependency is changed. You need to add your github dependency into extra-deps field. Something like this:

resolver: lts-9.17
packages: [.]

extra-deps:
- fmt-0.5.0.0
- git: https://github.com/TwitterFriends/lsh.git
  commit: 57d57f4209e56f526c0eca023907015935c26071

UPDATE: (5 Dec 2019)

In stack-2.1.3 you can specify GitHub dependencies in extra-deps with even shorter syntax:

extra-deps:
- github: TwitterFriends/lsh
  commit: 57d57f4209e56f526c0eca023907015935c26071

Upvotes: 4

liminalisht
liminalisht

Reputation: 1253

It looks like the problem you're facing is due to a syntax error in the lines in your stack.yaml file directly preceding those you posted in the question.

When I visited your repo and checked out the whole stack.yaml file, I saw this:

resolver: lts-8.13

# User packages to be built.
# Various formats can be used as shown in the example below.
# 
packages:

# - https://example.com/foo/bar/baz-0.0.2.tar.gz
- location:
    git: https://github.com/TwitterFriends/lsh.git
    commit: 57d57f4209e56f526c0eca023907015935c26071
  extra-dep: true

This packages: line doesn't look right, especially given that later in the file you have:

packages:
- '.'

So my best guess would be that the stack.yaml file isn't getting parsed correctly, so it can't find the library b/c it doesn't know it should grab it from that location.

Upvotes: 1

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