Can we get a new binary release please?

[shayne-fletcher]

ghc-lib CI is currently flying blind with respect to ghc-9.0.1 due to 2.5.1 needing #5508 which appears now to be on HEAD.

I can't even take advantage of the fix locally because of #5491.

The ideal resolution would be a binary release.

[essandess]

The lack of a new binary release is affecting numerous downstream issues. A partial list:

• haskell_stack bugfixes, workarounds for macOS 11 issues macports/macports-ports#10086
• pandoc: Update to version 2.13, move to PG haskell_cabal, Bugfix PG haskell_cabal macports/macports-ports#10514
• https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61422
• https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62579

[domenkozar]

cc @qrilka I'd also appreciate a release for with the Nix fixes.

[borsboom]

I've published a release candidate: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/tag/rc%2Fv2.7.0.1. Please try it out and let us know if you have any trouble.

@domenkozar This was just built from the master branch, so it should include the nix fixes that were merged a week or so back.

[essandess]

I've published a release candidate: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/tag/rc%2Fv2.7.0.1. Please try it out and let us know if you have any trouble.

@domenkozar This was just built from the master branch, so it should include the nix fixes that were merged a week or so back.

Thank you!

I'm unable to bootstrap on macOS 11. Hitting these issues, log attached:

:info:build hpack                 > /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_ports_lang_stack/stack/work/.tmp/stack-fea8a3c87f5826c7/hpack-0.33.0/<built-in>:15:10: error:
:info:build hpack                 >      warning: non-portable path to file '".stack-work/dist/x86_64-osx/Cabal-2.4.0.1/build/Hpack/autogen/cabal_macros.h"'; specified path differs in case from file name on disk [-Wnonportable-include-path]
…
:info:build [ 41 of 111] Compiling Stack.Constants
:info:build <command line>: can't load framework: Cocoa (not found)
:info:build Completed 161 action(s).
:info:build --  While building package stack-2.7.0.1 (scroll up to its section to see the error) using:
:info:build       /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_ports_lang_stack/stack/work/stack-rc-v2.7.0.1/.stack-work/dist/x86_64-osx/Cabal-2.4.0.1/setup/setup --builddir=.stack-work/dist/x86_64-osx/Cabal-2.4.0.1 build lib:stack exe:stack --ghc-options ""
:info:build     Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1

Log file: main.log

[essandess]

This appears to be the same issue as #5491.

[essandess]

I've published a release candidate: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/tag/rc%2Fv2.7.0.1. Please try it out and let us know if you have any trouble.

On a positive note, I verify that the binary release is able to build pandoc on macOS 11.

[asr]

I could also compile Agda (master repository) using the binary release candidate.

[essandess]

MacPorts merged this rc because it addresses important issues with the old release, and is now able to build its entire Haskell stack stack over a broad range of macOS architectures: http://packages.macports.org/

[borsboom]

I've just made another release candidate: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/tag/rc%2Fv2.7.0.3. The only change from the previous release candidate is that it's built with GHC 8.10.4 and so should be fix the issues with building it on macOS Big Sur.

[essandess]

Thanks! This works. PR on MacPorts for this bootstrappable version: macports/macports-ports#10859

Mostly out of curiosity, but also perhaps because it may [?] be good to be able to build stack without bootstrapping, would you please post the steps to building stack from ghc, not stack itself.

[borsboom]

It's not something we have official instructions for, but the basic idea is that you'd first have to install cabal-install (it has a bootstrap script), and then use cabal-install to build a bootstrap stack binary (you may have to give its resolver some hints), and then you'd use that bootstrap stack binary to build the final stack binary.

[essandess]

Thanks. We also bootstrap cabal and ghc, and the ghc bootstrap needs alex, and alex needs … stack.

[shayne-fletcher]

I confirm that this candidate works nicely for ghc-lib (well, actually I built from HEAD). Sure would appreciate it if this could be released with some urgency - I can't afford the cost of building it from source in CI! Thank-you for for your fixes and hard work!

[essandess]

Yep, also deployed to bootstrap stack for the last 4 macOS releases, and the binary is working on plenty more before that: http://packages.macports.org/stack/

Thanks again!

[borsboom]

Stack v2.7.1 (final) is released: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/tag/v2.7.1