@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ defaultPackageOverrides = map (\s -> fromMaybe (error (show s ++ " is not a vali
175175extraPackages :: [Constraint]
176176extraPackages =
177177 map (\s -> fromMaybe (error (show s ++ " is not a valid extra package selector")) (simpleParse s))
178− [ "Cabal == 1.20.*" -- required for cabal-install et al on old GHC versions
178+ [ "aeson < 0.8" -- newer versions don't work with GHC 6.12.3
179+ , "c2hs < 0.21" -- newer versions cannot compile ncurses
180+ , "Cabal == 1.20.*" -- required for cabal-install et al on old GHC versions
179181 , "Cabal == 1.18.*"
180182 , "containers < 0.5" -- required to build alex with GHC 6.12.3
181183 , "deepseq == 1.3.0.1" -- required to build Cabal with GHC 6.12.3
@@ -2271,7 +2273,6 @@ brokenPackages = Set.fromList $ map PackageName
22712273 , "narc"
22722274 , "natural-number"
22732275 , "nc-indicators"
2274− , "ncurses"
22752276 , "nerf"
22762277 , "netclock"
22772278 , "netcore"