lang/ghc: Update to 8.4.2.

[tcberner]

Summary

This revision updates lang/ghc as well as bootstrap compiler to 8.4.1. Also switch GHC to use ld.bfd linker, because when lld is used broken executables are produced.

Things to do:

• Update */hs-* ports. Most of them fail with the new compiler.
• Package the bootstrap compiler for i386.
• exp-runs for both arches for all supported versions.

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• Update some hs-ports removing those that aren't compilable anymore and have no updates upstream.

[tcberner]

Thanks for working on this

lang/ghc/Makefile

263

Sure about this change?

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lang/ghc/Makefile

263

Without last * libraries with names like libffi.so.6 were not stripped and stage-qa was complaining.

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• New round of updating hs-ports. Make devel/hs-cabal-install compile.

[emaste]

Still have broken binaries w/ lld in 8.4.1? AFAICT upstream reported things are working with lld as of 8.4.1 and lld may even be preferred. Maybe ghc+lld works on Linux but not on FreeBSD; if so that would also be an interesting data point.

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In D15005#316489, @emaste wrote:

Still have broken binaries w/ lld in 8.4.1? AFAICT upstream reported things are working with lld as of 8.4.1 and lld may even be preferred. Maybe ghc+lld works on Linux but not on FreeBSD; if so that would also be an interesting data point.

Yes, I plan to closely look at it after this update.

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• More hs-ports updates.

[emaste]

In D15005#316497, @6yearold_gmail.com wrote:

Yes, I plan to closely look at it after this update.

Great, thanks; let me know if there's anything you'd like me to do to help.

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• Incorporate patch from PR 225834.
• More hs-ports updates.

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• Another round of hs-ports updates.

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• More hs-ports updates.

[tcberner]

How many more do you have to go through?

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Some more hs-ports updates. At this points building */hs-* in poudriere yields 82 failed and 161 skipped ports.

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• 20 more hs-ports updated.

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Yawn.

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• Some hs-ports updates.

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• More hs-ports updates.

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• A few hs-ports updates. This brings down failed/skipped numbers to 56/85.

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• Still updating hs-ports.

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• Update some hs-ports. Failed/Skipped ports numbers are down to 35/55.

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• Some more hs-ports updates.
• Remove hs-stm port. STM package is in the base now.
• More hs-ports updates.

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• Update devel/stack to the recent release.

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• Remove hs-text and hs-parsec ports and update many others. Failed/Skipped/Ignored numbers are 16/27/13.

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• Last iteration of hs-ports updates. All hs-ports are now either compile, or are ignored.

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• Connect newly added ports to their category/Makefile.

[tcberner]

devel/hs-threadscope/Makefile

19 ↗

(On Diff #42035)

^ in others you used IGNORE

security/hs-cryptonite-conduit/Makefile

1 ↗

(On Diff #42035)

why was this file copied from hs-crypthoash-md5?

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• Use IGNORE= instead of BROKEN=

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• Upgrade GHC to 8.4.2.

[tcberner]

What's the status on i386?

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In D15005#321767, @tcberner wrote:

What's the status on i386?

I've started producing bootstrap compiler for it. After that, all FreeBSD version of i386 arch can be tested too.

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• Add bootstrap compiler for i386 arch. Update amd64 bootstrap to 8.4.2.

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• Rebase onto master.
• Update textproc/cgrep.
• Unbreak xmonad by pulling a patch from github.

[emaste]

git apply complained about some whitespace issues:

<stdin>:976: trailing whitespace.
 
<stdin>:980: trailing whitespace.
 
<stdin>:1384: trailing whitespace.
  * provide a base like sets of modules that provide a consistent set of 
<stdin>:1389: trailing whitespace.
  * Better numerical classes that better represent mathematical thing 
<stdin>:1392: trailing whitespace.
  * Usual partial functions distinguished through type system

[tcberner]

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