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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2018-08-13T16:35:43Z"
+ content="""
+This is caused by this bug in esquelito: 
+https://github.com/bitemyapp/esqueleto/issues/80
+
+The best way to avoid this kind of transient breakage in the haskell
+dependencies of git-annex is to build it using stack, instead of cabal.
+stack pins packages to a consistent working set.
+
+I don't really see this as something that warrants a change to git-annex.
+Using bleeding edge versions of all build dependencies will break, that's
+why the build docs recommend not using cabal if you don't want to be involved
+in fixing that kind  of breakage.
+"""]]