"Dependency on unbuildable library" with three sublibraries
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Description
For a minimal reproduction of the problem, try using this `demo.cabal` file (no other files required):
```
cabal-version: 3.0
name: demo
version: 0
common all
default-language: Haskell2010
hs-source-dirs: .
build-depends: base
library
library a
import: all
visibility: public
build-depends: demo:b
library b
import: all
visibility: public
build-depends: demo:c
library c
import: all
visibility: public
```
Cabal cannot build this project:
```
$ cabal --version
cabal-install version 3.0.0.0
compiled using version 3.0.0.0 of the Cabal library
$ cabal build
Error:
Dependency on unbuildable library 'b' from demo
In the stanza 'library a'
In the inplace package 'demo-0'
```
It seems to require three sublibraries to reproduce this issue - it is important both that `demo:a` depends on `demo:b`, and that `demo:b` depends on `demo:c`. If we remove either of those `build-depends` lines, the package does build.
The alternative or perhaps further issue here is that the error message does not explain *why* the `demo:b` library is unbuildable. But it seems rather suspicious that the presence of `demo:a` depending on `demo:b` somehow causes `demo:b` to become unbuildable.
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