bug#43874: closed (’corrode’ fails because ’ghc-language-c’ wrong version)

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> ’corrode’ fails because ’ghc-language-c’ wrong version
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> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 03:25:23 +0200
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> Dear,
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> Using Guix a0d4aa2, the package ’corrode’ fails to build because:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Configuring corrode-0.1.0.0...
> Setup.hs: Encountered missing dependencies:
> language-c >=0.4 && <0.6
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> and the package ’ghc-language-c’ had been updated to 0.8.1 by the commit
> 19b29882878a6558e5f16d587265eb3a0c0cdec6 (Jan. 2017).  So the package is
> probably broken since 3 years.
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> Four fixes are possible:
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>  1. add the package ’ghc-language-c@0.5.0’ introduced by 
> 2d2388e243d31f00b31b36b8ada76876b6fdacf2.
>  2. turn the package as “private” or at least deprecated.
>  3. move it to guix-past.
>  4. remove it. (Note that upstream is stalling; last commit 4 years
>  ago.)
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> I am in favor of option #4.  Or maybe someone wants to fix?
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> WDYT?
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> All the best,
> simon
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> Hi,
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> On Fri, 09 Oct 2020 at 03:25, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Using Guix a0d4aa2, the package ’corrode’ fails to build because:
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> > Configuring corrode-0.1.0.0...
> > Setup.hs: Encountered missing dependencies:
> > language-c >=0.4 && <0.6
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> > and the package ’ghc-language-c’ had been updated to 0.8.1 by the commit
> > 19b29882878a6558e5f16d587265eb3a0c0cdec6 (Jan. 2017).  So the package is
> > probably broken since 3 years.
> >
> > Four fixes are possible:
> >
> >  1. add the package ’ghc-language-c@0.5.0’ introduced by
> > 2d2388e243d31f00b31b36b8ada76876b6fdacf2.
> >  2. turn the package as “private” or at least deprecated.
> >  3. move it to guix-past.
> >  4. remove it. (Note that upstream is stalling; last commit 4 years
> >  ago.)
> >
> >
> > I am in favor of option #4.  Or maybe someone wants to fix?
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> This option #4 is done by b97f549b14402421fcfb360ddd4cff7de93b9af0. So,
> closing!
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> All the best,
> simon
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