reopen, comment

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/doc/bugs/Android_chroot_stuck_in_Cabal_hell.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Android_chroot_stuck_in_Cabal_hell.mdwn
index 7f354b612..1587d4a66 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/Android_chroot_stuck_in_Cabal_hell.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Android_chroot_stuck_in_Cabal_hell.mdwn
@@ -18,15 +18,3 @@ collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
 Makefile:225: recipe for target 'android' failed
 make: *** [android] Error 1
 """]]
-
-> Based on
-> <http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/Android__58___Cabal_hell>,
-> this was not a clean run of the scripts, but involved modifying and
-> re-running install-haskell-packages. 
-> 
-> So, I don't think this is a bug. If there is a problem with
-> install-haskell-packages not working etc, please show what happens
-> when just running the script, not after messing up cabal by trying to
-> recover from the problem.
-> 
-> [[done]] --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/bugs/Android_chroot_stuck_in_Cabal_hell/comment_2_98ad86d951bda7f2f849b084fd40d1c6._comment b/doc/bugs/Android_chroot_stuck_in_Cabal_hell/comment_2_98ad86d951bda7f2f849b084fd40d1c6._comment
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..564bef6da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/bugs/Android_chroot_stuck_in_Cabal_hell/comment_2_98ad86d951bda7f2f849b084fd40d1c6._comment
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 2"""
+ date="2016-04-19T17:22:48Z"
+ content="""
+unix-2.6.0.1 is a very old version of that package, and unix-2.7.1.0 is
+included with the version of ghc used by the android build.
+
+So, it seems that some dependency mess is causing cabal to try to install a
+second, old version of unix. Which can't possibly work.
+
+This is apparently happening in the host ghc setup, not the cross compiling
+ghc setup.
+"""]]