Hardhat compile error even compiler version is mentioned in config file

Question

I have a contract in which I imports a package which in return imports IERC20.sol from openzeppelin which has ^0.7.0 solidity version and my contract has 0.8.10 solidity version. I have mentioned both the solidity versions in hardhat.config.js file but still it's throwing me this error:

Error HH606: The project cannot be compiled, see reasons below.

These files depend on other files that use a different and incompatible version of Solidity:

  * contracts/Test.sol (0.8.10) depends on @openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC20/IERC20.sol (^0.7.0)

To learn more, run the command again with --verbose

Read about compiler configuration at https://hardhat.org/config

I have the hardhat.config.js file like this:

require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox");

/** @type import('hardhat/config').HardhatUserConfig */
module.exports = {
  solidity: {
    compilers: [
      {
        version: "0.8.10",
      },
      {
        version: "0.6.12",
      },
      {
        version:"0.7.0",
      }
    ],
  },
};

I have mentioned all the solidity versions I need for my contract but still hardhat throwing me the error on compiling the smart contract. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong here?

Answer 1

There is a very similar topic here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68163319/failing-to-compile-multiple-solidity-versions

Someone mentioned this Hardhat FAQ that says:

But in some scenarios, you might have a contract with pragma version ^0.7.0 that imports a contract with ^0.6.0. This can never be compiled. Pragma versions indicate which subset of the compiler versions can be used, and if two pragma versions don’t intersect (like in this example), then the files cannot be compiled. Period.