ghc: allow building with current Sphinx #31898
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./srcpkg build ghc fails with current tools:
"inplace/bin/ghc-stage1" [...] /build/cbits/longlong.p_o
Running Sphinx v4.0.2
Configuration error:
There is a syntax error in your configuration file: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 1-2: truncated \uXXXX escape (conf.py, line 87)
...
make: *** [Makefile:128: all] Error 2
According to https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/19962
Sanitized from commit (only small parts apply)
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/commit/83407ffc7acc00cc025b9f6ed063add9ab9f9bcc
General
Have the results of the proposed changes been tested?
[skip CI] build might take over 3 hours with a single CPU - local build/pkg tested
Does it build and run successfully?
(Please choose at least one native build and, if supported, at least one cross build. More are better.)