On Tue, Mar 23 2021, zimoun wrote: >> Maybe its time to update to a newer Stackage LTS release? :) > > Well, I do not know if it possible to do so before the next release. > IMHO, let focus on what remains for the next release and let upgrade the > Stackage LTS after.
Any updates on this? I managed to build GHC 8.10.5 (on x86_64), but I had to disable some tests. I have attached the patch if anyone wants to take a look. :)
From 9ecfe7cb3f94b928dbd883d4b7e7c007278c0fa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-Id: <9ecfe7cb3f94b928dbd883d4b7e7c007278c0fa8.1623177424.git.pub...@yoctocell.xyz>
From: Xinglu Chen <pub...@yoctocell.xyz>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 23:32:38 +0200
Subject: [RFC PATCH] gnu: Add ghc-8.10.
* gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-8.10): New variable.
---
gnu/packages/haskell.scm | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 66 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
index 09732fc594..8de3118136 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell.scm
@@ -657,6 +657,72 @@ interactive environment for the functional language Haskell.")
(file-pattern ".*\\.conf\\.d$")
(file-type 'directory))))))
+(define-public ghc-8.10
+ (package
+ (inherit ghc-8.8)
+ (name "ghc")
+ (version "8.10.5")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "https://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/";
+ version "/ghc-" version "-src.tar.xz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32 "0vq7wch0wfvy2b5dbi308lq5225vf691n95m19c9igagdvql22gi"))))
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("ghc-bootstrap" ,ghc-8.6)
+ ("ghc-testsuite"
+ ,(origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append
+ "https://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/";
+ version "/ghc-" version "-testsuite.tar.xz"))
+ (patches (search-patches "ghc-testsuite-dlopen-pie.patch"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "0vcq774rfb6q8vsnh7p5clxp2qaz8ip6d2bm2ghbq53n8jl296d6"))))
+ ("git" ,git-minimal) ; invoked during tests
+ ,@(filter (match-lambda
+ (("ghc-bootstrap" . _) #f)
+ (("ghc-testsuite" . _) #f)
+ (_ #t))
+ (package-native-inputs ghc-8.6))))
+ (arguments
+ (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments ghc-8.6)
+ ((#:phases phases '%standard-phases)
+ `(modify-phases ,phases
+ (add-after 'unpack-testsuite 'skip-more-tests
+ (lambda _
+ ;; XXX: This test fails because our ld-wrapper script
+ ;; mangles the response file passed to the linker.
+ (substitute* "testsuite/tests/hp2ps/all.T"
+ (("^test\\('T15904'") "# guix skipped: test('T15904'"))
+ ;; The following tests fail because they are unable to
+ ;; find a C compiler.
+ (substitute* "testsuite/tests/hsc2hs/all.T"
+ (("^test\\('" all)
+ (string-append "# guix skipped: " all)))
+ (substitute* "testsuite/tests/ffi/should_run/all.T"
+ (("^test\\('Capi_Ctype_00(1|2)'" all)
+ (string-append "# guix skipped: " all)))
+ (substitute* "testsuite/tests/ffi/should_run/all.T"
+ (("makefile_test, \\['Capi_Ctype_00(1|2)'\\].*" all)
+ (string-append "# guix skipped: " all)))
+ (substitute* "libraries/base/tests/IO/T12010/test.T"
+ (("^.*" all)
+ (string-append "# guix skipped: " all)))
+ ;; No idea why these are failing
+ (substitute* '("testsuite/tests/driver/T8602/T8602.T"
+ "testsuite/tests/driver/T16521/all.T")
+ (("^.*" all)
+ (string-append "# guix skipped: " all)))))))))
+ (native-search-paths (list (search-path-specification
+ (variable "GHC_PACKAGE_PATH")
+ (files (list
+ (string-append "lib/ghc-" version)))
+ (file-pattern ".*\\.conf\\.d$")
+ (file-type 'directory))))))
+
(define-public ghc-8 ghc-8.6)
(define-public ghc ghc-8)
base-commit: 503c2039a280dd52a751a6852b4157fccd1b4195
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