Re: [Nix-dev] Problem compiling GHC 8.0.1 on Debian

2016-09-20 Thread Jeff Johnson
You're right, thanks! I'll try master before asking next time. Jeff On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Peter Simons wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > > I'm stuck compiling GHC 8.0.1... the current nixpkgs-unstable version > > gives a hash mismatch. > > that issue was fixed in d1b34967fea22f535c1a009f3af290c

Re: [Nix-dev] Problem compiling GHC 8.0.1 on Debian

2016-09-20 Thread Peter Simons
Hi Jeff, > I'm stuck compiling GHC 8.0.1... the current nixpkgs-unstable version > gives a hash mismatch. that issue was fixed in d1b34967fea22f535c1a009f3af290c347455e8a, which is in master but probably not in the unstable channel yet. Best regards, Peter

Re: [Nix-dev] Problem compiling GHC 8.0.1 on Debian

2016-09-20 Thread Jeff Johnson
Ah that makes sense. I'm so used to Nix I just assume URLs with long hash-looking things in them will always have the same contents. So would the best solution be to update the rest of the package to match, and if that doesn't work find the old patch instead? Jeff On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 4:14 PM,

Re: [Nix-dev] Problem compiling GHC 8.0.1 on Debian

2016-09-20 Thread Vladimír Čunát
On 09/20/2016 09:52 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Is GHC broken for anyone else? And if not, what makes my setup special? > Am I being redirected to the wrong patch url somehow? That feels like upstream updating the release tarball by applying some patch(es). --Vladimir smime.p7s Description: S/M

[Nix-dev] Problem compiling GHC 8.0.1 on Debian

2016-09-20 Thread Jeff Johnson
I have NixOS, but am trying to install my existing packages in the home folder of a Debian machine too for work. I'm stuck compiling GHC 8.0.1... the current nixpkgs-unstable version gives a hash mismatch, which I "fixed" like so: diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.0.1.nix b/pkgs/develo