investigate gd build error in nix develop shell

input-output-hk/haskell.nix#1865

Author: peterbecich

flake.nix

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
     let
       supportedSystems = [
         "x86_64-linux"
-        "x86_64-darwin"
-        "aarch64-linux"
-        "aarch64-darwin"
+        # "x86_64-darwin"
+        # "aarch64-linux"
+        # "aarch64-darwin"
       ];
     in
       flake-utils.lib.eachSystem supportedSystems (system:
@@ -38,46 +38,53 @@
         flake = pkgs.hixProject.flake {};
 
         buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-          pkgs.brotli
-          pkgs.gd
-          pkgs.unzip
-          pkgs.openssl
-          pkgs.zlib
-          pkgs.libjpeg
-          pkgs.libpng
-          pkgs.libtiff
-          pkgs.freetype
-          pkgs.expat
-          pkgs.fontconfig
-          pkgs.libwebp
-          pkgs.bzip2_1_1
-          pkgs.libavif
-          pkgs.libheif
-          pkgs.xorg.libXpm
-          pkgs.libimagequant
-          pkgs.autoconf
-          pkgs.automake
-
-          pkgs.xz
-          pkgs.lzlib
-          pkgs.xml2
-          pkgs.libdeflate
-          pkgs.libaom
-          pkgs.libjxl
-          pkgs.libyuv
-          pkgs.dav1d
-          pkgs.libvmaf
-
-          # pkgs.haskellPackages.gd
-
-          pkgs.binutils
-          # pkgs.icu67
-          pkgs.glibc
-          # pkgs.cryptodev
-
-          xorg.libX11
-
-          # pkgs.pkg-config
+
+          pkg-config
+
+          brotli
+          gd
+          unzip
+          openssl
+          zlib
+          libjpeg
+          libpng
+          libtiff
+          freetype
+          expat
+          fontconfig
+          # these appear to be dependencies of
+          # https://hackage.haskell.org/package/gd-3000.7.3
+
+          libwebp
+          bzip2_1_1
+          libavif
+          libheif
+          libvmaf
+          xorg.libXpm
+          libimagequant
+          autoconf
+          automake
+
+          xz
+          lzlib
+          xml2
+          libdeflate
+          libaom
+          libjxl
+          libyuv
+          dav1d
+          libvmaf
+
+          # haskellPackages.gd
+
+          # binutils
+          # icu67
+          # glibc
+          # cryptodev
+
+          # xorg.libX11
+
+
         ];
 
       in flake // {
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@
         devShells.default = pkgs.hixProject.shellFor {
           inherit buildInputs;
 
-          LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs;
+          # LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs;
 
           packages = ps: with ps; [ ];
           tools = {

hackage-server.cabal

@@ -515,38 +515,38 @@ common test-defaults
   autogen-modules: Paths_hackage_server
 
 
--- test-suite HighLevelTest
---   import:         test-defaults
-
---   type:           exitcode-stdio-1.0
---   main-is:        HighLevelTest.hs
---   other-modules:
---     HackageClientUtils
---     Run
---     MailUtils
---     HttpUtils
---     Package
---     Util
-
---   -- This tells cabal that this test depends on the executable
---   -- component 'hackage-server' from this very same package, as well
---   -- as adding the build-folder where the `hackage-server`
---   -- executable can be found in front of $PATH
---   --
---   -- TODO: hackage-server isn't build-tool, it's run-tool!
---   -- so if this works, it's accidental!
---   build-tool-depends: hackage-server:hackage-server
-
---   -- NOTE: lib-server is not a real dependency; it's only used to inherit version constraints
---   build-depends:
---     -- version constraints inherited from lib-server
---     , HTTP
---     , base64-bytestring
---     , random
---       -- component-specific dependencies
---     , xml             ^>= 1.3.14
---     , io-streams      ^>= 1.5.0.1
---     , http-io-streams ^>= 0.1.6.1
+test-suite HighLevelTest
+  import:         test-defaults
+
+  type:           exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is:        HighLevelTest.hs
+  other-modules:
+    HackageClientUtils
+    Run
+    MailUtils
+    HttpUtils
+    Package
+    Util
+
+  -- This tells cabal that this test depends on the executable
+  -- component 'hackage-server' from this very same package, as well
+  -- as adding the build-folder where the `hackage-server`
+  -- executable can be found in front of $PATH
+  --
+  -- TODO: hackage-server isn't build-tool, it's run-tool!
+  -- so if this works, it's accidental!
+  build-tool-depends: hackage-server:hackage-server
+
+  -- NOTE: lib-server is not a real dependency; it's only used to inherit version constraints
+  build-depends:
+    -- version constraints inherited from lib-server
+    , HTTP
+    , base64-bytestring
+    , random
+      -- component-specific dependencies
+    , xml             ^>= 1.3.14
+    , io-streams      ^>= 1.5.0.1
+    , http-io-streams ^>= 0.1.6.1
 
 test-suite ReverseDependenciesTest
   import: test-defaults
@@ -640,12 +640,12 @@ test-suite HashTests
     , tasty       ^>= 1.4
     , tasty-hunit ^>= 0.10
 
--- test-suite DocTests
---   import:         test-defaults
+test-suite DocTests
+  import:         test-defaults
 
---   type:           exitcode-stdio-1.0
---   main-is:        DocTestMain.hs
---   build-depends:
---     , lib-server
---     , doctest-parallel ^>= 0.3.0
---         -- doctest-parallel-0.2.2 is the first to filter out autogen-modules
+  type:           exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is:        DocTestMain.hs
+  build-depends:
+    , lib-server
+    , doctest-parallel ^>= 0.3.0
+        -- doctest-parallel-0.2.2 is the first to filter out autogen-modules