@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ defaultConfiguration = Configuration
234234 [ "control-monad-free < 0.6" -- newer versions don't compile with anything but GHC 7.8.x
235235 , "mtl == 2.1.*" -- newer versions require transformers > 4, which we cannot provide in GHC 7.8.x
236236 , "HStringTemplate < 0.8" -- 0.8 depends on time >= 1.5, which we cannot provide in GHC 7.8.x
237+ , "utf8-string < 1" -- version 1 breaks several packages right now, most notably hint
237238 ]
238239
239240 , corePackages = map (\s -> fromMaybe (error (show s ++ " is not a valid core package")) (simpleParse s))