Can't build nofib

[Andreas Klebinger]

The nofib master branch has updated bounds. It's just ghcs submodule
that's lagging behind.

Am 12/07/2023 um 13:49 schrieb Rodrigo Mesquita:
> I would recommend —allow-newer rather than rebuilding with 9.4. In
> retrospect, 9.4 implies base == 4.17, but nofib seems to only allow <
> 4.17, which would leave 9.4 out.
>
> Rodrigo
>
>> On 12 Jul 2023, at 12:48, Simon Peyton Jones
>> <simon.peytonjones at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks.  That is very unfortunate: ./configure does not issue any
>> complaint.
>>
>> I upgraded from 9.2 because GHC won't compile with 9.2 any more.  But
>> now you are saying that nofib won't build with 9.6? So that leaves
>> 9.4 only.
>>
>> Well I can install 9.4 and rebuild everything.  But really, it would
>> be good if configure complained if you are using a boot compiler that
>> won't work.  That's what configure is for!
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 at 12:41, Rodrigo Mesquita
>> <rodrigo.m.mesquita at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     From the error message it looks like you’re using ghc-9.6(and
>>     base 4.18) while nofib requires base < 4.17.
>>     I’d say as a temporary workaround you can likely run your
>>     invocation additionally with —allow-newer, and hope that doesn’t
>>     break. Otherwise you could downgrade to 9.4 or bump the version
>>     manually in the cabal file of nofib?
>>
>>     Rodrigo
>>
>>>     On 12 Jul 2023, at 12:38, Simon Peyton Jones
>>>     <simon.peytonjones at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Friends
>>>
>>>     With a clean HEAD I can't build nofib.  See below.  What should
>>>     I do?
>>>
>>>     Thanks
>>>
>>>     Simon
>>>
>>>     (cd nofib; cabal v2-run -- nofib-run
>>>     --compiler=`pwd`/../_build/stage1/bin/ghc --output=`date -I`)
>>>     Resolving dependencies...
>>>     Error: cabal: Could not resolve dependencies:
>>>     [__0] trying: nofib-0.1.0.0 (user goal)
>>>     [__1] next goal: base (dependency of nofib)
>>>     [__1] rejecting: base-4.18.0.0/installed-4.18.0.0 (conflict:
>>>     nofib =>
>>>     base>=4.5 && <4.17)
>>>     [__1] skipping: base-4.18.0.0, base-4.17.1.0, base-4.17.0.0 (has
>>>     the same
>>>     characteristics that caused the previous version to fail:
>>>     excluded by
>>>     constraint '>=4.5 && <4.17' from 'nofib')
>>>     [__1] rejecting: base-4.16.4.0, base-4.16.3.0, base-4.16.2.0,
>>>     base-4.16.1.0,
>>>     base-4.16.0.0, base-4.15.1.0, base-4.15.0.0, base-4.14.3.0,
>>>     base-4.14.2.0,
>>>     base-4.14.1.0, base-4.14.0.0, base-4.13.0.0, base-4.12.0.0,
>>>     base-4.11.1.0,
>>>     base-4.11.0.0, base-4.10.1.0, base-4.10.0.0, base-4.9.1.0,
>>>     base-4.9.0.0,
>>>     base-4.8.2.0, base-4.8.1.0, base-4.8.0.0, base-4.7.0.2,
>>>     base-4.7.0.1,
>>>     base-4.7.0.0, base-4.6.0.1, base-4.6.0.0, base-4.5.1.0,
>>>     base-4.5.0.0,
>>>     base-4.4.1.0, base-4.4.0.0, base-4.3.1.0, base-4.3.0.0,
>>>     base-4.2.0.2,
>>>     base-4.2.0.1, base-4.2.0.0, base-4.1.0.0, base-4.0.0.0,
>>>     base-3.0.3.2,
>>>     base-3.0.3.1 (constraint from non-upgradeable package requires
>>>     installed
>>>     instance)
>>>     [__1] fail (backjumping, conflict set: base, nofib)
>>>     After searching the rest of the dependency tree exhaustively,
>>>     these were the
>>>     goals I've had most trouble fulfilling: base, nofib
>>>
>>>     make: *** [/home/simonpj/code/Makefile-spj:39: nofib] Error 1
>>>
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