HEAD doesn't build without sphinx-build

If you git clone HEAD and run ./validate the system should build without further ado. It doesn't. The make all fails, complaining about an absence of sphinx-build. Using the mk .sample files doesn't help.

Installing sphinx-bulid resolves the issue.

So the documentation here and/or the default build are out of sync with each other.

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Version	8.4.3
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	low
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Build System
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I'm not sure I agree that validate should pass if sphinx-build is missing. Validate is intended to serve as a comprehensive check of the tree; this includes checking that the documentation is buildable. If you want to build without documentation, I would suggest not using validate and configure mk/build.mk appropriately:

BUILD_SPHINX_HTML  = NO
BUILD_SPHINX_PDF   = NO

Well, I'm not sure what I did, but it used to validate without sphinx-build. Now even with sphinx-build, I get

"inplace/bin/ghc-stage2" -hisuf dyn_hi -osuf  dyn_o -hcsuf dyn_hc -fPIC -dynamic  -O0 -H64m -Wall  -Werror    -hide-all-packages -i -iutils/haddock/driver -iutils/haddock/haddock-api/src -iutils/haddock/haddock-library/vendor/attoparsec-0.13.1.0 -iutils/haddock/haddock-library/src -iutils/haddock/dist/build -Iutils/haddock/dist/build -iutils/haddock/dist/build/haddock/autogen -Iutils/haddock/dist/build/haddock/autogen    -optP-DIN_GHC_TREE -optP-include -optPutils/haddock/dist/build/haddock/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package-id Cabal-2.3.0.0 -package-id array-0.5.2.0 -package-id base-4.12.0.0 -package-id bytestring-0.10.8.2 -package-id containers-0.5.11.0 -package-id deepseq-1.4.4.0 -package-id directory-1.3.2.3 -package-id filepath-1.4.2 -package-id ghc-8.5 -package-id ghc-boot-8.5 -package-id transformers-0.5.5.0 -package-id xhtml-3000.2.2 -funbox-strict-fields -Wall -fwarn-tabs -O2 -threaded -XHaskell2010  -no-user-package-db -rtsopts  -Wno-unused-imports -Wno-deprecations     -Wnoncanonical-monad-instances  -odir utils/haddock/dist/build -hidir utils/haddock/dist/build -stubdir utils/haddock/dist/build    -c utils/haddock/haddock-library/vendor/attoparsec-0.13.1.0/Data/Attoparsec/ByteString/Char8.hs -o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec/ByteString/Char8.dyn_o 
"inplace/bin/ghc-stage2" -hisuf dyn_hi -osuf  dyn_o -hcsuf dyn_hc -fPIC -dynamic  -O0 -H64m -Wall  -Werror    -hide-all-packages -i -iutils/haddock/driver -iutils/haddock/haddock-api/src -iutils/haddock/haddock-library/vendor/attoparsec-0.13.1.0 -iutils/haddock/haddock-library/src -iutils/haddock/dist/build -Iutils/haddock/dist/build -iutils/haddock/dist/build/haddock/autogen -Iutils/haddock/dist/build/haddock/autogen    -optP-DIN_GHC_TREE -optP-include -optPutils/haddock/dist/build/haddock/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package-id Cabal-2.3.0.0 -package-id array-0.5.2.0 -package-id base-4.12.0.0 -package-id bytestring-0.10.8.2 -package-id containers-0.5.11.0 -package-id deepseq-1.4.4.0 -package-id directory-1.3.2.3 -package-id filepath-1.4.2 -package-id ghc-8.5 -package-id ghc-boot-8.5 -package-id transformers-0.5.5.0 -package-id xhtml-3000.2.2 -funbox-strict-fields -Wall -fwarn-tabs -O2 -threaded -XHaskell2010  -no-user-package-db -rtsopts  -Wno-unused-imports -Wno-deprecations     -Wnoncanonical-monad-instances  -odir utils/haddock/dist/build -hidir utils/haddock/dist/build -stubdir utils/haddock/dist/build    -c utils/haddock/haddock-library/vendor/attoparsec-0.13.1.0/Data/Attoparsec.hs -o utils/haddock/dist/build/Data/Attoparsec.dyn_o 
Warning: -rtsopts and -with-rtsopts have no effect with -shared.
    Call hs_init_ghc() from your main() function to set these options.

utils/haddock/haddock-api/src/Haddock/Interface/Rename.hs:546:40: error:
    • Couldn't match type ‘GhcPass 'Renamed’ with ‘DocNameI’
      Expected type: Maybe (LDerivStrategy DocNameI)
        Actual type: Maybe (LDerivStrategy GhcRn)
    • In the ‘deriv_strategy’ field of a record
      In the first argument of ‘return’, namely
        ‘(DerivDecl
            {deriv_ext = noExt, deriv_type = ty', deriv_strategy = strat,
             deriv_overlap_mode = omode})’
      In a stmt of a 'do' block:
        return
          (DerivDecl
             {deriv_ext = noExt, deriv_type = ty', deriv_strategy = strat,
              deriv_overlap_mode = omode})
    |
546 |                     , deriv_strategy = strat
    |                                        ^^^^^
utils/haddock/ghc.mk:20: recipe for target 'utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Interface/Rename.dyn_o' failed
make[1]: *** [utils/haddock/dist/build/Haddock/Interface/Rename.dyn_o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Makefile:122: recipe for target 'all' failed

Is it possible that you pulled without running git submodule update?

Thanks. Yes. That was it. I don't think that that was mentioned in the build instructions. Now I just get:

Unexpected failures:
   /tmp/ghctest-0sj8fd43/test   spaces/./dependent/should_compile/dynamic-paper.run  dynamic-paper [stderr mismatch] (normal)

closed

Indeed that testsuite failure should now be resolved as well.

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Resolution	Unresolved → ResolvedFixed

The new Hadrian build system has been merged. Relabeling the tickets concerning the legacy make build system to prevent confusion.

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Component	Build System → Build System (make)

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