[xmonad] Could not load modules after recent update

[Eyal Erez]

Got it.

And what do you do to fully rebuild? git pull [...]; stack upgrade; stack
install?

On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:

> I upgrade weekly, but I'm a dev so I'm expected to keep on top of `master`.
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 8:39 AM Eyal Erez <oneself at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've tried some of the suggested solutions in the arch linux wiki, but
>> they do not seem to work.
>>
>> I built everything from scratch using stack and seems to be back to
>> working. Thank you for the suggestion.
>>
>> I built xmonad and xmonad-contrib off of the v0.18.0 and v0.18.1 tags
>> respectively. How and how often do you upgrade your installation?
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 9:23 PM Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> For what it's worth, the Arch Wiki warns about this (
>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xmonad#Problems_with_finding_shared_libraries_after_update)
>>> and gives solutions. The way Arch manages its Haskell packages causes
>>> problems like this.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 2:03 PM Platon Pronko <platon7pronko at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2024-10-20 19:46, Eyal Erez wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> > I use xmonad on arch linux. I've recently updated my system, as one
>>>> > often does, and now my xmonad.hs is failing to compile and I am
>>>> failing to
>>>> > start xmonad.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Might not be very helpful, but I'm also on Arch and I moved from using
>>>> system-provided Haskell packages for my xmonad needs.
>>>>
>>>> System-provided packages are upgraded almost on every update, and
>>>> xmonad has to be recompiled every time, and if you forget to recompile it
>>>> then after a reboot your DE won't work and you have to drop to a tty to fix
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> Also, there is a truckload of haskell packages and they clutter up the
>>>> update logs - removing them freshened up things considerably.
>>>>
>>>> So I can't help you with this particular problem, but I can help you
>>>> transition to stack-based install, which has the nice benefit of not
>>>> breaking on system updates.
>>>> (however, it has the downside of taking 13GB of space in the ~/.stack/
>>>> folder, YMMV)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Platon Pronko
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>>>
>>>
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>>
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>>
>> There are 10 types of people, those who know binary and those who don't.
>>
>>
>
> --
> brandon s allbery kf8nh
> allbery.b at gmail.com
>


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