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17 May 2025
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornThere doesn’t seem to be any opposition to the GHC deprecation policy.10:29:51
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralorn

I have a currently an unstable health situation, so I don’t know if I can push this further but these are the next steps imo:

  1. Persist it somewhere.
  2. Add upcoming deprecations to 25.05 release notes (this is obviously moderately urgent).
  3. figure out what’s required to actually remove stuff …
10:33:03
@ners:nixos.devners

I'm trying to build haskellPackages.haxl and getting an error I've never seen before:

$ NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1 nix build --impure github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable#haskellPackages.haxl

Running phase: setupCompilerEnvironmentPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "setupCompilerEnvironmentPhase" }
Build with /nix/store/xmvlqc3f0sfij7083klg3z6i4yr4rvsz-ghc-9.8.4.
Running phase: unpackPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "unpackPhase" }
unpacking source archive /nix/store/b0gypdzhqq9bbfxm9yxk03h0csbcfsr3-haxl-2.5.1.1.tar.gz
source root is haxl-2.5.1.1
setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to timestamp 1000000000 of file "haxl-2.5.1.1/tests/WriteTests.hs"
Running phase: patchPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "patchPhase" }
Running phase: compileBuildDriverPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "compileBuildDriverPhase" }
setupCompileFlags: -package-db=/build/tmp.PtMyMlMYBx/setup-package.conf.d -threaded

<no location info>: error: [GHC-95379]
    Output was redirected with -o, but no output will be generated.
    There is no module named ‘Main’.

This is a recent error, until a few days ago I was able to build it just fine despite the broken status. Can anyone help demystify this error?

12:07:37
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornThat looks like the package is shipping an empty Setup.hs file.12:09:04
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornWhich is implausible, but I think that could produce this error message.12:09:27
@ners:nixos.devners

It has the usual Setup.hs content:

module Setup where
import Distribution.Simple
main = defaultMain
12:20:27
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornWhen you say recent error could it be that it was part of the big 9.6 -> 9.8 bump which reached master a few weeks ago?12:28:34
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralorn* When you say recent error could it be that it was part of the big 9.6 -> 9.8 bump which reached master about two weeks ago?12:30:29
@ners:nixos.devners
In reply to @maralorn:maralorn.de
When you say recent error could it be that it was part of the big 9.6 -> 9.8 bump which reached master about two weeks ago?
Yeah, that looks about right. Building it on the nixos-24.11 branch where there is still GHC 9.6.6 does not have that error.
12:37:07
@ners:nixos.devners(it's still broken because of depependency bounds)12:37:18
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornHuh, I mean it is a custom Setup.hs.12:43:49
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornAt least the header indicates that.12:44:06
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornI wonder if it works if you just rm it in the postPatch phase.12:44:33
@ners:nixos.devnersIt does! Thanks for the tip. :)12:46:37
@ners:nixos.devnersI'll open a PR against haskell-updates.12:47:01
@ners:nixos.devners* I'll open a PR against haskell-updates to unbreak it.12:47:06
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornI guess this has something to do with the recent modification of cabal build types, yet the error message is a bit baffling.12:47:38
@ners:nixos.devnersDo you think it makes sense to open a PR upstream removing the Setup.hs? I never quite understood what purpose that file serves.12:48:13
@winston:winston.shwinston my understanding is that it's basically the equivalent of a Makefile? like running
runhaskell Setup configure
runhaskell Setup build
runhaskell Setup install
12:51:29
@winston:winston.shwinstoni actually ran into issues not having a Setup.hs present when I tried to package some of my code for other Distros like Arch12:51:48
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornI feel semi comfortable giving advice on this without understanding the problem. 😄 But yeah my general heuristic is that packages which don’t need special setup shouldn’t ship their own Setup.hs. The nixpkgs builder uses a fallback when that happens.12:54:25
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornBut it would be interesting to see how their Setup.hs deviates from the current default.12:55:19
@ners:nixos.devners https://github.com/facebook/Haxl/blob/main/Setup.hs
It has a licence header on top. :think
13:29:01
@ners:nixos.devners * https://github.com/facebook/Haxl/blob/main/Setup.hs
It has a licence header on top. 🤔
13:29:07
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornPlot twist: Someone somewhere built in a killswitch triggered by Meta. 😆13:34:18
@alexfmpe:matrix.orgalexfmpeprobably company-provisioned editor config20:47:28
@alexfmpe:matrix.orgalexfmpebig tech has really retentive lawyers 20:48:14
@alexfmpe:matrix.orgalexfmpefacebook/duckling wouldn't even accept my PR fixing the syntax for a haddock comment without me signing their snowflake license20:48:31
@alexfmpe:matrix.orgalexfmpeproportional much20:49:04
@mjolnir:nixos.orgNixOS Moderation Bot banned @mightyiam:matrix.org@mightyiam:matrix.org (persistent time-wasting).23:30:21

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