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From: Robert Vollmert <rob@vllmrt.net>
Subject: bug#36084: ghc-tasty/ghc-clock circular dependency breaking is broken
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:17:26 +0200
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> On 16. Jul 2019, at 17:08, Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi Robert,
>=20
> After looking at this and your patch at <https://bugs.gnu.org/36249>,
> I=E2=80=99m wondering if it works as long as we make sure the versions =
match.
> Can we just inherit the current =E2=80=9Cghc-clock=E2=80=9D, disable =
its tests, and call
> it =E2=80=9Cghc-clock-bootstrap=E2=80=9D?  Is the Cabal consistency =
checking too clever
> for that?
>=20
> If that doesn=E2=80=99t work, can you explain why the method you =
proposed above
> doesn=E2=80=98t work?  It seems a little simpler than your patch.  In =
fact,
> maybe we could live with the main =E2=80=9Cghc-tasty=E2=80=9D package =
being built
> without =E2=80=9Cghc-clock=E2=80=9D (via the flag you mentioned).

I tried the direct approach again, and this time it worked. Posted an
updated patch.

I believe this should be fine, since GHCs builds should be =
deterministic.

Cheers
Robert