cabal-helper-0.9.0.0 fails to build on windows 10 due to long path issue

[vatsman]

I'm having problems building hie on windows
ghc - 8.4.4

>stack install.hs hie-8.4.4
# git (for submodules)                                   Synchronizing submodule url for 'submodules/HaRe'        Synchronizing submodule url for 'submodules/HaRe/submodules/cabal-helper'
Synchronizing submodule url for 'submodules/HaRe/submodules/ghc-mod'
Synchronizing submodule url for 'submodules/brittany'    Synchronizing submodule url for 'submodules/cabal-helper'
Synchronizing submodule url for 'submodules/floskell'    Synchronizing submodule url for 'submodules/ghc-mod'
# git (for submodules)
# stack (for cabal)                                      # stack (for cabal)
Copying from C:\sr\snapshots\67bc10f6\bin\cabal.exe to C:\Users\Vatsman\AppData\Roaming\local\bin\cabal.exe
Copied executables to C:\Users\Vatsman\AppData\Roaming\local\bin:                                                 - cabal.exe
# cabal (for cabal)
Downloading the latest package list from hackage.haskell.org
To revert to previous state run:
    cabal update --index-state='2019-02-28T13:06:58Z'
# cabal (for cabal)
Resolving dependencies...
All the requested packages are already installed:
Cabal-2.4.1.0
Use --reinstall if you want to reinstall anyway.
# stack (for hie-8.4.4)
cabal-helper-0.9.0.0: build (lib + exe)
Progress 1/6

--  While building custom Setup.hs for package cabal-helper-0.9.0.0 using:
      C:\Users\Vatsman\Downloads\haskell-ide-engine-master\haskell-ide-engine\submodules\cabal-helper\.stack-work\dist\7d103d30\setup\setup --builddir=.stack-work\dist\7d103d30 build lib:cabal-helper exe:cabal-helper-wrapper --ghc-options " -ddump-hi -ddump-to-file"
    Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1
    Logs have been written to: C:\Users\Vatsman\Downloads\haskell-ide-engine-master\haskell-ide-engine\.stack-work\logs\cabal-helper-0.9.0.0.log

    Preprocessing library for cabal-helper-0.9.0.0..
    Building library for cabal-helper-0.9.0.0..
    Preprocessing executable 'cabal-helper-wrapper' for cabal-helper-0.9.0.0..
    Building executable 'cabal-helper-wrapper' for cabal-helper-0.9.0.0..
    [ 9 of 12] Compiling CabalHelper.Compiletime.Data ( src\CabalHelper\Compiletime\Data.hs, .stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\cabal-helper-wrapper-tmp\CabalHelper\Compiletime\Data.o )
    [10 of 12] Compiling Paths_cabal_helper ( .stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\autogen\Paths_cabal_helper.hs, .stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\cabal-helper-wrapper-tmp\Paths_cabal_helper.o )
    .stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\cabal-helper-wrapper-tmp\.stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\autogen\Paths_cabal_helper.dump-hi: openFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)

******************************************************************
building failed, try running `stack clean` and restart the build
if this does not work, open an issue at
https://github.com/haskell/haskell-ide-engine
******************************************************************

Error when running Shake build system:
* hie-8.4.4
user error (Development.Shake.command_, system command failed
Command: stack --stack-yaml=stack-8.4.4.yaml build
Exit code: 1
Stderr:
cabal-helper-0.9.0.0: build (lib + exe)
Progress 1/6

--  While building custom Setup.hs for package cabal-helper-0.9.0.0 using:
      C:\Users\Vatsman\Downloads\haskell-ide-engine-master\haskell-ide-engine\submodules\cabal-helper\.stack-work\dist\7d103d30\setup\setup --builddir=.stack-work\dist\7d103d30 build lib:cabal-helper exe:cabal-helper-wrapper --ghc-options " -ddump-hi -ddump-to-file"
    Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1
    Logs have been written to: C:\Users\Vatsman\Downloads\haskell-ide-engine-master\haskell-ide-engine\.stack-work\logs\cabal-helper-0.9.0.0.log

    Preprocessing library for cabal-helper-0.9.0.0..
    Building library for cabal-helper-0.9.0.0..
    Preprocessing executable 'cabal-helper-wrapper' for cabal-helper-0.9.0.0..
    Building executable 'cabal-helper-wrapper' for cabal-helper-0.9.0.0..
    [ 9 of 12] Compiling CabalHelper.Compiletime.Data ( src\CabalHelper\Compiletime\Data.hs, .stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\cabal-helper-wrapper-tmp\CabalHelper\Compiletime\Data.o )
    [10 of 12] Compiling Paths_cabal_helper ( .stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\autogen\Paths_cabal_helper.hs, .stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\cabal-helper-wrapper-tmp\Paths_cabal_helper.o )
    .stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\cabal-helper-wrapper-tmp\.stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\autogen\Paths_cabal_helper.dump-hi: openFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)
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edit: I've tried stack clean and restarting the build and tried building with make instead of shake (results in the same message)

[fendor]

Do you have long paths enabled on windows?

[nponeccop]

The path is just 166 chars:

.stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\cabal-helper-wrapper-tmp\.stack-work\dist\7d103d30\build\cabal-helper-wrapper\autogen\Paths_cabal_helper.dump-hi

The base path C:\Users\Vatsman\Downloads\haskell-ide-engine-master\haskell-ide-engine\ is 73 chars

166 + 73 = 239 chars, below the limit.

Enabling long paths is an intrusive system-wide procedure. So it shouldn't be done by random guys who don't know what they are doing.

A simpler workaround is to move C:\Users\Vatsman\Downloads\haskell-ide-engine-master\haskell-ide-engine to C:\Users\Vatsman\hie and trying to build from there.

[fendor]

We are now using a different version of cabal-helper! Please try it out or try the explicit project configuration: https://github.com/haskell/haskell-ide-engine#project-configuration
Closing for now but feel free to open again if the problem persists.