The compiler should not expect to have dynamic versions of all libraries
available, because that configuration doesn't play along nicely with statically
linked libraries.
Fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/6399.
These versions have been removed:
- 6.4.2-binary.nix
- 6.4.2.nix
- 6.6.1.nix
- 6.8.2.nix
- 6.8.3.nix
- 6.10.1-binary.nix
- 6.10.1.nix
- 6.10.2.nix
- 6.10.3.nix
- 6.11.nix
- 6.12.1-binary.nix
- 6.12.1.nix
- 6.12.2.nix
- 7.0.1.nix
- 7.0.2.nix
- 7.0.3.nix
- 7.2.1.nix
- 7.4.1.nix
- 7.6.1.nix
- 7.6.2.nix
- 7.8.3-binary.nix
As a rule of thumb, we keep the latest version in every major release. If
someone feels up to the task of fixing versions 6.4.x, 6.6.x, and 6.8.x, then
please don't hesitate to revive those builds.
Fixes https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/5630.
Originally, I thought that I can commit a "clean" patch -- even if it
triggers re-builds -- because those re-builds were triggered by the
ncurses patch to GHC anyway . That patch had to be reverted, though, so
now I'm rewriting this patch to avoid re-builds on Linux.
What a mess. :-(
I thought that [1] could be fixed by ensuring that ncurses is available in the
environment (because ghc exports it as a propagateBuildInput), and indeed that
change fixed *some* build failures we've had before. However, the same error
still occurs with other packages, like hledger [2] and Agda [3]. Frankly, I
have no idea why those packages fail and others don't. But clearly the fix was
inadequate, so I'm reverting commit a8076c76.
[1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/5616
[2] http://hydra.cryp.to/build/372451/nixlog/1/raw
[2] http://hydra.cryp.to/build/373161/nixlog/1/raw
Hydra generates a GHC closure for Darwin that for no apparent reason
contains an ancient, broken Haddock binary -- probably because of an
impurity in the build system. That bug makes those GHC binaries
unusable: <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/2689>.
rts/StgCRun.c: In function 'StgRunIsImplementedInAssembler':
rts/StgCRun.c:208:1:
error: frame pointer required, but reserved
StgRunIsImplementedInAssembler(void)
^
In file included from includes/Stg.h:230:0:
0,
from rts/StgCRun.c:70:
includes/stg/Regs.h:323:20:
note: for 'Sp'
GLOBAL_REG_DECL(P_,Sp,REG_Sp)
^
includes/stg/Regs.h:174:54:
note: in definition of macro 'GLOBAL_REG_DECL'
#define GLOBAL_REG_DECL(type,name,reg) register type name REG(reg);
^
In this case, we also need to specify compilation flags to mark stacks as
non-executable, otherwise PaX will not allow ghc or binaries built by ghc
to run. This is what gentoo-hardened does as well.
