In reply to @maralorn:maralorn.de
We somehow need to converge what cabal does and what nix does in terms of build targets. For hoogle I would highly recommend using the unoverriden hoogle. That might currently not be super convenient to do in nixpkgs, but its definitely the right solution. For tests it depends on what we want. But I see no reason why it would be hard to disable tests for dependencies but enable all tests and binaries for the current repo. I actually think that is already the default with your approach.

In reply to @lxsameer:matrix.org
for each dependency separately?

In reply to @lxsameer:matrix.org
I tried to use a newer GHC (9.10) to test this solution, and I made sure that the freeze file is generated with the same compiler version (9.10) but I run into a conflict with the base version. base package is shipped with the compiler right?

hmmm so what would be the solution here? here is an example of the error:

error: builder for '/nix/store/yyyhyvzwp2vrz3n1wqbzirv8zm06dh2s-primitive-0.8.0.0.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 23 log lines:
       > Running phase: setupCompilerEnvironmentPhase
       > Build with /nix/store/flx8by8vi8dcx2vaw9rp4gz214kk2dhv-ghc-9.10.1.
       > Running phase: unpackPhase
       > unpacking source archive /nix/store/9fwj05l9qsrjp73mgkhsqx210w19xvd1-primitive-0.8.0.0.tar.gz
       > source root is primitive-0.8.0.0
       > setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to timestamp 1000000000 of file primitive-0.8.0.0/test/src/PrimLaws.hs
       > Running phase: patchPhase
       > Replace Cabal file with edited version from mirror://hackage/primitive-0.8.0.0/revision/1.cabal.
       > Running phase: compileBuildDriverPhase
       > setupCompileFlags: -package-db=/build/tmp.3OGcxDtvet/setup-package.conf.d -threaded
       > [1 of 2] Compiling Main             ( /nix/store/4mdp8nhyfddh7bllbi7xszz7k9955n79-Setup.hs, /build/tmp.3OGcxDtvet/Main.o )
       > [2 of 2] Linking Setup
       > Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
       > Running phase: configurePhase
       > configureFlags: --verbose --prefix=/nix/store/8yjr4gf9cw5wm6gbavvfv9n9kf4xn5i8-primitive-0.8.0.0 --libdir=$prefix/lib/$compiler/lib --libsubdir=$abi/$libname --docdir=/nix/store/wk5mqmy36a6mh95aphwr169g7v
hiq4i4-primitive-0.8.0.0-doc/share/doc/primitive-0.8.0.0 --with-gcc=gcc --package-db=/build/tmp.3OGcxDtvet/package.conf.d --ghc-option=-j16 --ghc-option=+RTS --ghc-option=-A64M --ghc-option=-RTS --enable-library-p
rofiling --profiling-detail=exported-functions --disable-profiling --enable-shared --disable-coverage --enable-static --disable-executable-dynamic --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks --enable-library-vanilla --di
sable-library-for-ghci --enable-split-sections --enable-library-stripping --enable-executable-stripping --ghc-option=-haddock --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/53iigsmf32bwkfdhhihq2rppgk23k2rg-ncurses-6.4.20221231/lib -
-extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/pmf31rbzvv618qirwmzppjb63wsrl4zi-libffi-3.4.6/lib --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/yljlqz62v8a9brqmvib9pa4k7yanb15a-elfutils-0.191/lib --extra-lib-dirs=/nix/store/y54504sbwlbbm14hkvv48yw4smjw
649c-gmp-with-cxx-6.3.0/lib
       > Using Parsec parser
       > Configuring primitive-0.8.0.0...
       > Error: [Cabal-8010]
       > Encountered missing or private dependencies:
       >     base >=4.9 && <4.20
       > CallStack (from HasCallStack):
       >   dieWithException, called at libraries/Cabal/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/Configure.hs:1457:11 in Cabal-3.12.0.0-inplace:Distribution.Simple.Configure
       >
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/yyyhyvzwp2vrz3n1wqbzirv8zm06dh2s-primitive-0.8.0.0.drv'.

In reply to @maralorn:maralorn.de
And is this using the primitive version from your lock file?

Build with /nix/store/flx8by8vi8dcx2vaw9rp4gz214kk2dhv-ghc-9.10.1.

doesn't look like it

In reply to @sternenseemann:systemli.org

Build with /nix/store/flx8by8vi8dcx2vaw9rp4gz214kk2dhv-ghc-9.10.1.

doesn't look like it