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Error:
The following packages are broken because other packages they depend on are missing. These broken packages must be rebuilt before they can be used.
planned package consumer-0.1.0.0 is broken due to missing package
framework-0.1.0.0+95RTb42ZWxa9J13cUStM0q
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Error:
The following packages are broken because other packages they depend on are missing. These broken packages must be rebuilt before they can be used.
planned package consumer-0.1.0.0
is broken due to missing package
framework-0.1.0.0 (has unfilled signature: App)
The package is installed as indefinite.
To use it, rebuild it in the same cabal project as the consumer so cabal can fill the signatures.
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Hopefully it gives more guidence on what's going on to the user. I encountered this when trying to use backpack in a nix setup (for example jappeace-sloth/prrrrrrrrr#2) It keeps on wanting to build everything locally and I couldn't understand why. I still don't fully understand why it can't have partially filled modules upstream. It claims it's because of nix but I don't understand it.
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Add missing expected output file for cabal variant of Backpack Fail5 test The setupAndCabalTest function runs the test twice: once with setup and once with cabal. The setup variant uses setup-external-fail.out, but the cabal variant needs setup-external-fail.cabal.out which was missing, causing the test to expect empty output and fail.
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Hopefully it gives more guidence on what's going on to the user. I encountered this when trying to use backpack in a nix setup (for example jappeace-sloth/prrrrrrrrr#2) It keeps on wanting to build everything locally and I couldn't understand why.
I still don't fully understand why it can't have partially filled modules upstream. It claims it's because of nix but I don't understand it.It's not nix, I'm in a deep cabal hole, but it looks like I'm finding a way out of it (slowly). This is the final backpack PR for now, I'll investigate it more another time. Frankly I want (good) mobile support more then I want to work with backpack.
significance: significantin the changelog file.