Bump GHC to version 9.8.2#5123
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- Use error with descriptive messages instead of silently changing semantics (e.g. returning default values) - Replace NE.!! with pattern matching in LayerSpec.hs - Extract minPort/maxPort as top-level definitions to avoid repetition - Use case pattern matching instead of tail/drop 1 to preserve crash semantics on impossible cases
- CheckpointsSpec: drop 1 → pattern match with error (not vacuous True) - SequentialSpec/SharedSpec: BS.drop 1 → BS.uncons with error - db-bench: restore error on empty range instead of silent "[]" - RangeSpec: fromJust (also partial) → explicit pattern match - TxSeq: restore infinite lists instead of truncating to 1001 elements
fgl's {-# ANN #-} pragmas trigger Template Haskell evaluation via
iserv-proxy which crashes during Windows cross-compilation.
Strip the HLint annotations (no functional impact) before building.
haskell.nix's win-reloc-x86_64-pc64.patch is only applied for GHC < 9.8.3. Without it, iserv-proxy crashes during Windows cross-compilation when evaluating Template Haskell.
The ghc-lib-parser 9.8.5.20250214 introduced a regression where genSym.c calls atomic_inc64 which doesn't exist on the build platform. This breaks the dev shell (fourmolu, hlint, etc). Apply the same fix as upstream (digital-asset/ghc-lib#571): replace atomic_inc64 with atomic_inc.
The overlay used --replace-fail which breaks when the nixpkgs ghc-lib-parser (9.6.x) doesn't contain atomic_inc64. Guard the substitution with a grep check.
The {-# ANN #-} pragmas in fgl trigger TH evaluation via iserv-proxy
under Wine, which crashes during Windows cross-compilation even with
GHC 9.8.2's win-reloc patch. Strip the HLint ANN lines (no functional
impact) during Windows builds only.
Remove benchmarks from the Windows testing bundle — JuicyPixels ANN pragmas crash iserv-proxy during cross-compilation and benchmarks aren't useful on Windows. Fix ghc-lib-parser overlay to apply via haskellPackages.override instead of haskell.packageOverrides which wasn't reaching the nixpkgs haskell package set used by dev shell tools (fourmolu).
Move fourmolu/hlint/stylish-haskell from buildPackages.buildPackages to pkgs.haskellPackages where the ghc-lib-parser overlay applies. Add modules patch to HLS shell.tools for the GHC 9.8.2 build.
…eadlocks iserv-proxy does not support parallel module compilation — the protocol is strictly synchronous. GHC's default -j4 causes multiple modules to share one iserv-proxy connection, corrupting the protocol and causing deadlocks (0% CPU hangs). Force -j1 globally for Windows builds.
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## Summary - Bump GHC from 9.8.2 to 9.10.1 - Widen text constraint to `>= 2.0 && < 2.2` - Add `allow-newer: hkd:base` - Add `allow-newer: cabal-fmt:base` for dev shell - Update helper projects (rewrite-libs, set-git-rev) to ghc9101 Builds on #5123 (GHC 9.8.2 bump).
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win-reloc-x86_64-pc64.patch(needed for Windows cross-compilation via iserv-proxy) is only applied for GHC < 9.8.3Windows cross-compilation fixes
ghcOptions = ["-j1"]globally for Windows builds — iserv-proxy (the bridge between GHC on Linux and the interpreter running under Wine) does not support parallel module compilation; GHC's default-j4causes multiple modules to share one iserv-proxy connection, corrupting the synchronous protocol and causing deadlocks (0% CPU hangs){-# ANN #-}pragmas fromfglthat trigger TH evaluation via iserv-proxycrypton-x509-systemcasing (Crypt32→crypt32) and clear outdated haskell.nix patches forstreaming-commonsgenSym.catomic_inc64→atomic_incfor dev shell toolsSupersedes #5093, #4930