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@ -159,13 +159,12 @@ on Hackage and tries to pick for every (transitive) dependency of your build
exactly one version. Those versions need to satisfy all the version constraints exactly one version. Those versions need to satisfy all the version constraints
given in the `.cabal` file of your package and all its dependencies. given in the `.cabal` file of your package and all its dependencies.
The Haskell builder in nixpkgs, (described in more detail in The [Haskell builder in nixpkgs](#haskell-mkderivation) does no such thing.
[#haskell-mkderivation]), does no such thing. It will simply take as input It will simply take as input packages with names off the desired dependencies
packages with names off the desired dependencies and just check whether they and just check whether they fulfill the version bounds and (by default, see
fulfill the version bounds and (by default, see `jailbreak`) fail if they `jailbreak`) fail if they don’t.
don’t.
The package resolution is done by the `haskellPackages.callPackage` function, The package resolution is done by the `haskellPackages.callPackage` function
which will, e.g., use `haskellPackages.aeson` for a package input of name which will, e.g., use `haskellPackages.aeson` for a package input of name
`aeson`. `aeson`.
While this is the default behavior, it is possible to override the dependencies While this is the default behavior, it is possible to override the dependencies