[Nix-dev] haskellngPackages.cabal-instal wont install after "haskell-generic-builder: gratuitous ..."

[James Cook]

Isn't this what nix-env --repair is for? I haven't used it, but that's
what I would try first.

James

On 17 April 2015 at 07:51, Kirill Elagin <kirelagin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don’t understand much about those GHC package IDs issues but I guess it
> might be the cause here.
> The typical solution is to do:
>
> ~~~~
> $ nix-store --delete /nix/store/*-ghc-7.8.4
> ~~~~
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 5:44 PM Mads Lindstrøm <mads.lindstroem at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> When I run:
>>
>> > nix-env -f nixpkgs-i -A haskellngPackages.cabal-install
>>
>> with nixpkgs at or newer than the commit:
>>
>> "commit 945269a48fa8b91024e18a72b485797eeca308ee
>> Author: Peter Simons <simons at cryp.to>
>> Date:   Wed Apr 1 14:02:46 2015 +0200
>>
>>     haskell-generic-builder: gratuitous cosmetic change to trigger a
>> complete re-build
>>
>>     hydra.nixos.org serves broken binaries because of our favorite
>> non-deterministic
>>     package IDs in GHC bug. :-( Re-building everything from scratch seems
>> like the
>>     easiest way to recover."
>>
>> I get an error:
>> ...
>> Dependency ansi-terminal >=0.4.0 && <0.7: using ansi-terminal-0.6.2.1
>> Dependency base >=3 && <5: using base-4.7.0.2
>> Setup: The following installed packages are broken because other packages
>> they
>> depend on are missing. These broken packages must be rebuilt before they
>> can
>> be used.
>> package ansi-terminal-0.6.2.1 is broken due to missing package
>> base-4.7.0.2-cb23b5265b6e147094c0cd9ac819acb1,
>> unix-2.7.0.1-d7de2c9293605f58486b3752d772cdb6
>> builder for
>> /nix/store/f6jkyn8ccsf09i9648xq6jm4gs5p6s2r-haskell-ansi-wl-pprint-0.6.7.2.drv
>> failed with exit code 1
>> cannot build derivation
>> /nix/store/3whjh20qdadfw0n07bhna0fjlmq78jmc-haskell-test-framework-0.8.1.1.drv:
>> 1 dependencies couldn't be built
>> cannot build derivation
>> /nix/store/wpyb7dlbi3a6glyv2npib69330mylfsz-haskell-network-2.6.0.2.drv: 1
>> dependencies couldn't be built
>> cannot build derivation
>> /nix/store/p0agds79wrzbisxihvyvpfzfcs3h1vik-haskell-parsec-3.1.9.drv: 1
>> dependencies couldn't be built
>> cannot build derivation
>> /nix/store/kswm7z4bpsi7rp9pws9q7mcdzhngg62y-cabal-install-1.22.2.0.drv: 1
>> dependencies couldn't be built
>> error: build of
>> /nix/store/kswm7z4bpsi7rp9pws9q7mcdzhngg62y-cabal-install-1.22.2.0.drv
>> failed
>>
>>
>> What do I do to fix this?
>>
>> cat ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix:
>>
>>  { allowUnfree = true; allowBroken = true; }
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Mads Lindstrøm
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