Failed to install using make build-all (Mac OS High Sierra)

[masadl]

With up-to-date packages. Stack is "Version 1.7.1 x86_64".
After doing make build-all on fresh git clone, I obtained the following output:

Downloading nightly-2018-07-26 build plan ...
Downloaded nightly-2018-07-26 build plan.
git submodule update --init
stack --stack-yaml=stack-8.2.1.yaml install happy
Downloaded nightly-2017-11-24 build plan.
Preparing to install GHC to an isolated location.
This will not interfere with any system-level installation.
Downloaded ghc-8.2.1.
Installed GHC.
[1 of 2] Compiling Main             ( /Users/hoge/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-mPHDZzAJ.hs, /Users/hoge/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-mPHDZzAJ.o )
[2 of 2] Compiling StackSetupShim   ( /Users/hoge/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-shim-mPHDZzAJ.hs, /Users/hoge/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-shim-mPHDZzAJ.o )
Linking /Users/hoge/.stack/setup-exe-cache/x86_64-osx/tmp-Cabal-simple_mPHDZzAJ_2.0.0.2_ghc-8.2.1 ...
clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-nopie' [-Wunused-command-line-argument]
mtl-2.2.1: download
mtl-2.2.1: configure
mtl-2.2.1: build
mtl-2.2.1: copy/register
happy-1.19.8: download
happy-1.19.8: configure
happy-1.19.8: build
happy-1.19.8: copy/register
Completed 2 action(s).
Copying from /Users/hoge/.stack/snapshots/x86_64-osx/nightly-2017-11-24/8.2.1/bin/happy to /Users/hoge/.local/bin/happy

Copied executables to /Users/hoge/.local/bin:
- happy

Warning: Installation path /Users/hoge/.local/bin
         not found on the PATH environment variable.
stack --stack-yaml=stack-8.2.1.yaml build

Error: While constructing the build plan, the following exceptions were encountered:

In the dependencies for cabal-helper-0.8.1.0:
    base-4.10.0.0 from stack configuration does not match <0 && <0
needed due to haskell-ide-engine-0.2.2.0 -> cabal-helper-0.8.1.0

Some different approaches to resolving this:

  * Set 'allow-newer: true' to ignore all version constraints and build anyway.

  * Consider trying 'stack solver', which uses the cabal-install solver to attempt to find
    some working build configuration. This can be convenient when dealing with many
    complicated constraint errors, but results may be unpredictable.


Plan construction failed.
make: *** [hie-8.2.1] Error 1

[justjoheinz]

I have run into this issue as well, it seems to affect all builds.

[davl3232]

Same for me on macOS High Sierra 10.13.4:

davids-mbp:haskell davl3232$ cd haskell-ide-engine && make build-all
Downloading nightly-2018-07-26 build plan ...
Downloaded nightly-2018-07-26 build plan.
git submodule update --init
stack --stack-yaml=stack-8.2.1.yaml install happy
Downloaded nightly-2017-11-24 build plan.    
Preparing to install GHC to an isolated location.
This will not interfere with any system-level installation.
Downloaded ghc-8.2.1.                                      
Installed GHC.                                                                  [1 of 2] Compiling Main             ( /Users/davl3232/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-mPHDZzAJ.hs, /Users/davl3232/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-mPHDZzAJ.o )
[2 of 2] Compiling StackSetupShim   ( /Users/davl3232/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-shim-mPHDZzAJ.hs, /Users/davl3232/.stack/setup-exe-src/setup-shim-mPHDZzAJ.o )
Linking /Users/davl3232/.stack/setup-exe-cache/x86_64-osx/tmp-Cabal-simple_mPHDZzAJ_2.0.0.2_ghc-8.2.1 ...
clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-nopie' [-Wunused-command-line-argument]
mtl-2.2.1: download
mtl-2.2.1: configure
mtl-2.2.1: build
mtl-2.2.1: copy/register
happy-1.19.8: download    
happy-1.19.8: configure   
happy-1.19.8: build       
happy-1.19.8: copy/register
Completed 2 action(s).    
Copying from /Users/davl3232/.stack/snapshots/x86_64-osx/nightly-2017-11-24/8.2.1/bin/happy to /Users/davl3232/.local/bin/happy

Copied executables to /Users/davl3232/.local/bin:
- happy

Warning: Installation path /Users/davl3232/.local/bin
         not found on the PATH environment variable.
stack --stack-yaml=stack-8.2.1.yaml build

Error: While constructing the build plan, the following exceptions were
encountered:

In the dependencies for cabal-helper-0.8.1.0:
    base-4.10.0.0 from stack configuration does not match <0 && <0 
needed due to haskell-ide-engine-0.2.2.0 -> cabal-helper-0.8.1.0

Some different approaches to resolving this:

  * Set 'allow-newer: true' to ignore all version constraints and build anyway.

  * Consider trying 'stack solver', which uses the cabal-install solver to
    attempt to find some working build configuration. This can be convenient
    when dealing with many complicated constraint errors, but results may be
    unpredictable.


Plan construction failed.
make: *** [hie-8.2.1] Error 1

[DanielSchuessler]

Doesn't seem to be OS-specific; same on Debian 9. Also happens with direct stack install instead of make.

[DanielSchuessler]

git bisect indicates that the first commit with this problem is 4a54b75.

[azdanov]

Is there a way to use a previously working version as a temporary workaround?

[FirstLoveLife]

arch(manjaro) also have this error when build from source or download from aur

[Anrock]

@azdanov yup, just checkout some previous commit and build as usual.

[azdanov]

@Anrock Thanks for the advice! I've managed to build successfully with a2d33cd as @DanielSchuessler suggested.

[FirstLoveLife]

Let me conclude the whole workaround:

git reset --hard  a2d33cd           
git submodule update --init
stack install

[Anrock]

@FirstLoveLife personally when hie master is broken i just tag last known-good commit and use it until hie fixed. Like that:

1. git checkout <good commit>
2. git tag good

When master is updated:

1. git checkout master && git pull
2. make <whatever hie you need> (make target already updates submodules)
   3a. issue fixed: git tag -d good - delete now-obsolete tag
   3b. issue not fixed: git checkout good && make <whatever hie you need> - reinstall good version back

[FirstLoveLife]

@Anrock Thanks! good know this workflow. I am not familiar with git.

[DanielG]

FYI I deprecated cabal-helper versions 0.8.1.0 and 0.8.1.1 due to problems with cabal new-install by adding revisions with an unsatisfiable constraint on base (hence the <0 thing in the output above) to hackage, using 0.8.1.2 should fix this problem.

I didn't realize stack picks up hackage revisions immediately, honestly I don't really understand exactly what's happening here.

[DanielG]

Ah I see cabal-helper is declared as an extra-deps so of course stack picks up hackage revisions.

Anyways bumping those dependencies to .2 should do the trick.