Mix phx.new deps error - cowlib - the dependency does not match the requirement

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I’m seeing an error when I try to run iex -S mix phx.server after a fresh mix phx.new:

○ iex -S mix phx.server
Erlang/OTP 21 [erts-10.2.5] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [ds:4:4:10] [async-threads:1] [hipe]

Unchecked dependencies for environment dev:
* cowlib (Hex package)
  the dependency does not match the requirement "~> 2.7.2", got "2.7.0"
** (Mix) Can't continue due to errors on dependencies

I checked the dependencies, and from what I can tell, it seems like cowlib 2.7.2 is installed (not 2.7.0).

Any help?

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Looks like the .hex file shows cowlib as 2.7.2, but ebin/cowlib.app shows cowlib as vsn 2.7.0.

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Definitely looks like a bug, I’m able to reproduce it as well. I thought clearing and rebuilding the deps would help but it did not.

It looks like a bug in cowlib/cowboy to me. Maybe 2.7.1 and 2.7.2 actually use the build number 2.7.0?

Adding {:cowlib, "2.7.0"} to your list of deps should work around the issue (you may also need to run mix deps.unlock cowboy).

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Looks like there’s already an issue and PR filed:

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I’m new to Elixir + Phoenix and am running into this issue. Any idea how to get around this after running mix ecto.create? Not sure what dependency file to change.

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Setting {:cowlib, "~> 2.7.0", override: true} worked for me

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You need to modify the deps function of your mix.exs file.

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alternate is downgrade cowboy to 2.6.1, in mix.exs

  defp deps do
    [
      {:cowboy, "2.6.1"},
      {:phoenix, "~> 1.4.0"},
      {:gettext, "~> 0.11"},
      {:jason, "~> 1.0"},
      {:plug_cowboy, "~> 2.0"}
    ]
  end
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As a workaround you can add cowlib 2.7.0 to your deps.

defp deps do
  [
    {:phoenix, "~> 1.4.3"},
    {:phoenix_pubsub, "~> 1.1"},
    {:phoenix_ecto, "~> 4.0"},
    {:ecto_sql, "~> 3.0"},
    {:postgrex, ">= 0.0.0"},
    {:gettext, "~> 0.11"},
    {:jason, "~> 1.0"},
    {:plug_cowboy, "~> 2.0"},
    {:cowlib, "2.7.0"}
  ]
end
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Same here. This is a bug

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This works. But the underlying problem needs to be resolved.

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this works

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Looks like this has been fixed: https://github.com/ninenines/cowlib/issues/77#issuecomment-480200997

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Yup, 2.7.3 is out and I recommend folks to migrate to it as it has an important bug fix on top of 2.7.0.

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This is still failing with cowboy 2.6.3 and cowlib 2.7.3

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It’s working for me right now. Can you check if you’re on the latest version of the phx.new task? It should look like this:

$ mix phx.new -v
Phoenix v1.4.6

If you’re on an older version can you retry again on the latest after running mix archive.install hex phx_new 1.4.6 (from https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/installation.html)

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I am using Erlang/OTP 21
Elixir 1.8.2
Phoenix v1.4.6
and ubuntu 16.04

I tried on mac with the same versions and there is working.