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darcs patch: Handle change in doc location in GHC 6.12
by magnus＠therning.org 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Sat Jan 16 07:35:39 GMT 2010 magnus(a)therning.org * Handle change in doc location in GHC 6.12

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cabal2arch 0.6: now builds haddocks for libraries
by Don Stewart 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17471 Thanks Magnus for the patch. Note this means ghc <=> haddock need to stay in sync. -- Don

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Policy change in cabal2arch wrt. "provides"
by Don Stewart 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hey all, After some discussion on the IRC channel, I've changed the policy in cabal2arch wrt. "provides". That is, whether to list explicitly all dependencies on a package -- even those provided in the GHC bundle. Not listing things is convenient -- as it means that tools that don't understand 'provides' will work. However, it means we have to update cabal2arch on every major GHC release. And all the PKGBUILDs!! Listing all dependencies, then relying on tools to readd the provides field of GHC and get it right, means we do *zero* work when a GHC major release happens -- since libs can move in and out of the provides set without problems. So that is now the policy, and the upcoming cabal2arch update will generate PKGBUILDS including the following deps (as needed): -- Official Provides: http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/packages/ghc/repos/extra-x86_64/PKGBUILD -- ,Dependency (PackageName "array") (ThisVersion (Version [0,3,0,0] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "bytestring") (ThisVersion (Version [0,9,1,5] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "Cabal") (ThisVersion (Version [1,8,0,2] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "containers") (ThisVersion (Version [0,3,0,0] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "directory") (ThisVersion (Version [1,0,1,0] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "extensible-exceptions") (AnyVersion) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "filepath") (ThisVersion (Version [1,1,0,3] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "haskell98") (ThisVersion (Version [1,0,1,1] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "hpc") (ThisVersion (Version [0,5,0,4] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "old-locale") (ThisVersion (Version [1,0,0,2] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "old-time") (ThisVersion (Version [1,0,0,1] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "pretty") (ThisVersion (Version [1,0,1,1] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "process") (ThisVersion (Version [1,0,1,2] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "random") (ThisVersion (Version [1,0,0,2] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "syb") (ThisVersion (Version [0,1,0,2] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "template-haskell") (ThisVersion (Version [2,4,0,0] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "time") (ThisVersion (Version [1,1,4] [])) -- ,Dependency (PackageName "unix") (ThisVersion (Version [2,4,0,0] [])) -- utf8-string It will continue to **NOT** list these: ,Dependency (PackageName "base") (ThisVersion (Version [4,1,0,0] [])) ,Dependency (PackageName "dph-base") (ThisVersion (Version [ 0,3 ] [] )) ,Dependency (PackageName "dph-par" ) (ThisVersion (Version [ 0,3 ] [] )) ,Dependency (PackageName "dph-prim-interface") (ThisVersion (Version [ 0,3 ] [] )) ,Dependency (PackageName "dph-prim-par" ) (ThisVersion (Version [ 0,3 ] [] )) ,Dependency (PackageName "dph-prim-seq" ) (ThisVersion (Version [ 0,3 ] [] )) ,Dependency (PackageName "dph-seq" ) (ThisVersion (Version [ 0,3 ] [] )) ,Dependency (PackageName "ghc") (AnyVersion) ,Dependency (PackageName "ghc-prim") (AnyVersion) Which are all "magic" Now, we will need a list of package tools that don't support "provides" to not recommend. And I will have cabal2arch insert a comment regarding our requirement to support "provides" Comments? -- Don

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Status of 6.12 upgrade
by Don Stewart 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Arch_Linux/6.12_Upgrade Is the list of activities that have to happen once a new GHC is pushed. This time, the compiler was moved before we were able to update everything else, so this means many libraries are broken until the above activites happen. Once vegai (?) moves: haskell-xhtml haskell-quickcheck haskell-parallel haskell-packedstring haskell-hunit haskell-html haskell-haskell-src into [extra], I can redo the PKGBUILDs for everything that had (implicitly) dependend on those libraries. -- Don

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New release of cabal2arch
by Don Stewart 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

cabal2arch 0.6.1 is now out, changes: * hsc2hs is a recognized build tool in .cabal files * if you create a ~/.cabal2arch.log file, cabal2arch will log its builds there for further tools to process (e.g. rss updaters), instead of the old /tmp/link,title,desc logging hack. This is still only compatible with 6.10.x. -- Don

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6.12 complications
by Vesa Kaihlavirta 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

Hi, First of all, sorry for rushing 6.12 a bit. I got a bit too many upgrade requests from the masses at large, and wasn't focusing properly on the state of things, and so uploaded 6.12 a bit earlier than it should've been. To add to the challenge, I had dropped from the arch-haskell mailing list, so I couldn't answer or react to the problems here very fast... Anyway, report any remaining issues on this thread, personally to me (mail or irc/vegai) or via bugs.archlinux.org. And finally, if anyone (preferably trusted users or devs) would like to help me with the packages, that might improve the situation. --vk

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Installing ghc 6.12
by Magnus Therning 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '10

Has anyone gone through the exercise of installing GHC 6.12 on Arch? Any tips on how to get a well working system? Would getting haskell-platform out of AUR be enough? Have the binary packages in [extra] have to be rebuilt as well, or are they already compiled with 6.12? /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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On rebuilding dependencies...
by Magnus Therning 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Do I need to worry about messages such as this when running 'pacman -Su'? (31/60) upgrading haskell-x11 [##################################################################################################################################################################################] 100% Reading package info from stdin ... done. Writing new package config file... done. ghc-pkg: unregistering X11-xft-0.3 would break the following packages: xmonad-contrib-0.9 (use --force to override) error: command failed to execute correctly Is there some way to avoid this that is easier than 'pacman -Rncs xmonad-contrib; pacman -S xmonad-contrib'? /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe

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Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: [arch-haskell] Upgrading Arch Linux Haskell Packages
by Cetin Sert 09 Jan '10

09 Jan '10

Even while having a break he's blazing fast with his replies! 2010/1/8 Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <ivan.miljenovic(a)gmail.com> > Don Stewart <dons(a)galois.com> writes: > > There's a batch upgrade, I've just been travelling! > > Yeah, let Don have a break for once! > > Oh, since you're here Don, how do I do ....... ? ;-) > > -- > Ivan Lazar Miljenovic > Ivan.Miljenovic(a)gmail.com > IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com >

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Upgrading Arch Linux Haskell Packages
by Cetin Sert 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Hi, Is there a way to manually upgrade Haskell packages in the aur repository of Arch Linux which were previously contributed automatically by arch-haskell? Or is there a batch upgrade planned for the near future? What is the mailing list for arch Best Regards, Cetin

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