1 Pre-release cabal-install 3.12.0.0/3.11.0.0 changelog and release notes.
3 This file will be edited and the changes incorprated into the official
4 3.12.1.0 cabal-install and cabal-install-solver release notes.
8 ### Significant changes
10 - Add support for asm, cmm, and js sources in executable components [#8639](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8639) [#9061](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9061)
12 Executable components now support the inclusion of asm, cmm, and js source
13 files in a cabal file using the same syntax as is used for these sources
14 in library components, similar to how c and c++ sources are supported in
15 both types of components. This syntax was already parsed in cabal files,
16 but was silently ignored in the build step, so no changes to syntax are
19 - Add `--project-dir` flag [#7695](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/7695) [#7940](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/7940) [#8454](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8454)
21 - Added `--project-dir` flag for specifying the project's root directory
22 - Deprecated using `--project-file` with an absolute filepath without also using `--project-dir`.
24 - Support per-component builds when coverage is enabled [#4798](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/4798) [#5213](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/5213) [#6397](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/6397) [#6440](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/6440) [#9464](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9464)
26 Cabal now supports per-component builds when coverage is enabled.This enables
27 coverage for packages with internal libraries (#6440), and enables coverage for
28 packages that use backpack (#6397), even though we do not get coverage for
29 instantiations of an indefinite module (it is not clear what it means for HPC
30 to support backpack, regardless of Cabal).
32 To achieve this, hpc information (`.mix` files) from a library is now written
33 into the package database of a library under `extraCompilationArtifacts`.
35 Cabal configure (via the Setup interface) now accepts --coverage-for=<unit-id>,
36 a flag which specifies which libraries should be included in the coverage
37 report for some testsuite.
39 - Add `cabal path` command [#8879](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8879)
41 The `cabal path` command prints the file system paths used by Cabal.
42 It is intended for use by tooling that needs to read or modify Cabal
43 data, such that it does not need to replicate the complicated logic
44 for respecting `CABAL_DIR`, `CABAL_CONFIG`, etc.
46 - Redesign `cabal path` command to account for projects [#9673](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9673)
48 Previously, `cabal path` was only able to query from the global configuration file, e.g., `~/.cabal/config` or the XDG equivalent.
49 We take the foundations and enhance `cabal path` to take project configuration, such as `cabal.project`, into account.
51 Additionally, we add support for multiple output formats, such as key-value pairs and json.
53 The key-value pair output prints a line for each queried key and its respective value:
58 If only a single key is queried, we print only the value, for example:
62 The json output format is versioned by the cabal-install version, which is part of the json object.
63 Thus, all result objects contain at least the key "cabal-install-version".
65 We expand the `cabal path` to also produce information of the compiler that is going to be used in a `cabal build` or `cabal repl` invocation.
66 To do that, we re-configure the compiler program, and outputs the location, version and compiler flavour.
67 This is helpful for downstream tools, such as HLS, to figure out the GHC version required to compile a project with, without dependency solving.
69 - Add support for authentication tokens for uploading to Hackage [#6738](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/6738) [#9058](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9058)
71 A new flag `--token` (`-t`) has been created. Token authentication takes
72 precedence over username and password meaning that, if a token is set,
73 the username and password flags are ignored.
75 - Make --(test-)show-details=direct the default [#8942](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8942)
77 This option leaves it up to the testing framework to decide what and how to print out,
78 potentially leading to a prettier output. For example, most of the testing frameworks
79 use colors, which wouldn't be seen with any other option.
81 This comes with a tradeoff, though: Cabal will not create a log file with this option.
82 If you prefer a log file, consider setting `--test-show-details=streaming` (or something
85 - Die if package list is missing [#8944](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8944)
87 If a package list is missing, `cabal` will now die and suggest the user to run
88 `cabal update` instead of continuing into not being able to find packages coming
89 from the remote package server.
91 - Reject index-state younger than cached index file [#8944](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8944)
93 Requesting to use an index-state younger than the cached version will now fail,
94 telling the user to use an index-state older or equal to the cached file, or to
97 The warning for a non-existing index-state has been also demoted to appear only
100 - Warn early that overwrite policy is needed [#5993](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/5993) [#9268](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9268)
102 Waiting for a long build and then seeing the install fail because a flag was
103 missing is frustrating.With this change we skip the wait and warn early,
104 before the build, that an overwrite policy flag would be needed for the
107 - Make sure Haskell files in explicit source directories take precedence over autogenerated Haskell files [#8689](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8689) [#8690](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8690)
109 - Changed order or directories in GHC invocation so that source
110 directories explicitly specified in cabal file will be considered
111 before Cabal’s internal build directory.
113 - config file: allow more flags in the init section [#8835](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8835) [#8839](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8839)
115 The init section of config file now allows the following fields:
117 - Fix handling of ETag header for remote packages [#9113](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9113) [#9116](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9116)
119 Remote packages will now be cached regardless of the capitalization of the
120 "ETag" header. Previously remote packages would not be cached if the header
121 name did not match exactly. Now they will be cached even if the header's
122 capitalization is different.
124 - Clarify the semantics of the `--package-db` flag [#9678](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9678)
126 The `--package-db` flag now only applies to the default
127 immutable initial package stack rather than also applying to the store
130 This fixes an assertion failure which was triggered when using `--package-db` and also
131 clarifies how it should interact with `--store-dir` and `--dist-dir` flags.
133 - Add `--semaphore` flag to enable interaction with GHC Job Server protocol [#8557](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8557)
135 When cabal-install is passed the `--semaphore` flag it will now act as a job server
136 according to the GHC Jobserver Protocol.
138 In particular this means that cabal-install will create a semaphore which it then
139 passes to `./Setup build` (and hence `ghc`) which can be used by `ghc` in order to
140 control how much paralellism it uses, coordinating with other simultaneously running
143 This feature requires ghc-9.8 in order to use, as this is the first version of GHC
144 which implements the protocol.
146 - Add `--ignore` to `cabal check` [#8587](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8587) [#9442](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9442)
148 - `cabal check` now ignores specific warnings with `--ignore`. E.g.
149 `--ignore=missing-upper-bounds` will not display “Missing upper
151 - `cabal check` output now prints the warning identifier too
152 (like `[no-category]`).
154 - Adds functionality for the --offline flag with the "build" command. [#8676](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8676)
156 The --offline flag previously created in #2578 but was only implemented
157 for the install command even thought the flag didn't throw an error
158 whenever the build command was run. This PR adds functionality for the
159 --offline flag with the build command. Additionally there is a new
160 PackageTest for the flag using the build command.
162 - Add warning for running cabal run, cabal test and cabal bench with +RTS flag [#8709](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8709)
164 This adds a warning when RTS options are passed to cabal instead of the
165 binary for the commands 'run', 'bench' and 'test', as most users want to
166 pass these options to their binary.
168 - Add support for loading multiple components into one repl session [#8238](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8238) [#8491](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8491) [#8726](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8726)
170 The `repl` command is extended in order to allow starting a repl session
171 with multiple local components. When a user specifies a target to the
172 "repl" command which resolves to multiple local components then `cabal`
173 will start a repl session which loads them all into a single GHC session
174 if the multi-repl is enabled.
176 The multi-repl can be enabled by passing `--enable-multi-repl`, or writing
177 `multi-repl: True` in your cabal.project file.
179 The feature is fully explained in [this blog
180 post](https://well-typed.com/blog/2023/03/cabal-multi-unit/).
182 - Warn when project configuration options are going to be ignored. [#8949](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8949)
184 Some project configuration options can only be specified from the command
185 line. If the user specified those options from a project file,
186 cabal-install would silently ignore them. Now cabal-install will emit a
189 - Fix precedence for PATH for `build-tools-depends` [#8972](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8972)
191 Fixes a bug introduced in #8506 that caused executables in the path to
192 take precedence over those specified in `build-tools-depends`.
194 - Guard `PackageInfo_*` modules behind `cabal-version` ≥ 3.12 [#9331](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9331) [#9481](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9481)
196 `cabal check` now warns whenever `PackageInfo_*` autogen modules are
197 used with `cabal-version` ≥ 3.12.
198 Additionally, `cabal configure` will fail if you try to use `PackageInfo_*`
199 with `cabal-version` < 3.12.
201 - cabal init now generates cabal versions older than 1.12 with the correct >= syntax [#8206](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8206) [#8860](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8860)
203 - `cabal init`: suggest BSD-3 as default license [#8757](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8757) [#8764](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8764)
205 - Do not ask overwrite permissions on blank project [#9150](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9150) [#9155](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9155)
207 - Shorten solver rejection messages by removing repetition [#4251](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/4251) [#9559](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9559) [#9560](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9560)
209 As before, we show a single rejection as hyphenated package-version.
211 For multiple rejections, we show a list of versions preceded by package
212 semicolon, a much shorter rendering of the same information.
215 - [__0] rejecting: pandoc-3.1.8, pandoc-3.1.7, pandoc-3.1.6.2, pandoc-3.1.6.1,
216 - pandoc-3.1.6, pandoc-3.1.5, pandoc-3.1.4, pandoc-3.1.3, pandoc-3.1.2,
217 - pandoc-3.1.1, pandoc-3.1, pandoc-3.0.1, pandoc-3.0, pandoc-2.19.2,
218 - pandoc-2.19.1, pandoc-2.19, pandoc-2.18, pandoc-2.17.1.1, pandoc-2.17.1,
219 + [__0] rejecting: pandoc; 3.1.8, 3.1.7, 3.1.6.2, 3.1.6.1, 3.1.6, 3.1.5, 3.1.4,
220 + 3.1.3, 3.1.2, 3.1.1, 3.1, 3.0.1, 3.0, 2.19.2, 2.19.1, 2.19, 2.18, 2.17.1.1,
223 - Show provenance of project constraints [#9562](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9562) [#9578](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9578)
225 Show imports when the solver rejects a package version due to a project
226 constraint. Even though imports are relative to their parent when imported,
227 their paths are shown relative to the directory of the project in the solver
231 $ cabal build all --dry-run
233 [__1] next goal: hashable
234 [__1] rejecting: hashable-1.4.3.0
235 (constraint from cabal.project requires ==1.4.2.0)
236 [__1] rejecting: hashable-1.4.2.0
237 (constraint from project-stackage/nightly-2023-12-07.config requires ==1.4.3.0)
238 imported by: cabal.project
241 Fixes some test failures detecting cycles in imports, when;
243 - the wrong import was reported as starting the cycle
244 - a cycle was reported that wasn't actually a cycle
246 - Adjust BSD-2-Clause and BSD-3-Clause licence text [#9812](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9812) [#9813](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9813)
248 This change matters to BSD-2-Clause and BSD-3-Clause licences. For these two
249 licences, `cabal init` created a licence file that slightly differed from
250 wording published at SPDX. This has been rectified.
252 - Include the GHC "Project Unit Id" in the cabal store path [#8114](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8114) [#9326](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9326)
254 This allows the use of several **API incompatible builds of the same
255 version of GHC** without corrupting the cabal store.
257 This relies on the "Project Unit Id" which is available since GHC 9.8.1,
258 older versions of GHC do not benefit from this change.
260 - Add support for `GHC2024` [#9736](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9736)
262 Support for the `GHC2024` language edition, introduced by GHC 9.10, has been
263 added. It can now be used in the `default-language` and `other-languages`
264 fields, and will be offered as an option by `cabal init`.
266 - Add language extension `ExtendedLiterals` [#8992](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8992)
268 Adds support for the `ExtendedLiterals` language extension (GHC proposal #451)
270 - Add language extension `ListTuplePuns` [#8854](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8854)
272 Adds support for the `ListTuplePuns` language extension (GHC proposal #475)
274 - Add language extension `TypeAbstractions` [#9496](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9496) [#9502](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9502)
278 - Script cache dir is the base16 hash of the canonical path of the script. [#9459](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9459)
280 This fixes sporadic path failures on both Windows and Linux (e.g. [#9334](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9334)).
282 - Add `--haddock-output-dir` flag to `cabal haddock`. [#8720](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8720) [#8788](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8788)
284 This flag gives the user full control over the directory where the documentation is placed. It allows both relative and absolute paths.
286 - Remove useles "Log" log level [#9151](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/9151) [#9346](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9346)
288 - Remove "Log" as a log level in favour of "Info".
289 - Remove "Show" in Severity and replace by "displaySeverity" function
291 - `cabal init` should not suggest Cabal < 2.0 [#8680](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8680)
293 'cabal init' no longer suggests users to set cabal-version to less than
296 - PkgConfig individual calls [#9134](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9134)
298 `cabal` invokes `pkg-config` individually for each lib if querying for all
299 doesn't return the expected result.
301 - Reimplementing `cabal check` [#7423](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/7423) [#8427](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8427)
303 - For `cabal-install` users: `cabal check` do not warn on -O2 or similar
304 options if under an off-by-default cabal flag.
306 - `cabal check`: clearly mark Errors [#8908](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8908)
308 `cabal check` will now mark errors (which make the program return 1 and
309 Hackage refuse the package) by prepending them with an "Error: " string in
312 - Don't report `index.html` file as created, if not created by Haddock [#5120](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/5120) [#9332](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9332)
314 - Make check comply with Hackage requirements [#8897](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8897)
316 - `cabal check` will only return exitcode 1 when the package is not fit
317 for Hackage. E.g. it will not error anymore when your `synopsis:` is
318 larger than `description:`, just emit a warning.
319 - Cabal: Distribution.Client.Check now exports `isHackageDistError`, for
320 third-party tools to know if a specific error will preclude a package
321 from being uploaded to Hacakge.
323 - Also render short options with arguments [#8785](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8785) [#9043](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9043)
325 Show how arguments are used with both short and long forms of options:
328 <-v, --verbose[=n]Control verbosity (n is 0--3, default
329 >-v[n], --verbose[=n] Control verbosity (n is 0--3, default
330 <-w, --with-compiler=PATH give the path to a particular compiler
331 >-w PATH or -wPATH, --with-compiler=PATH
334 - Remove `--cabal-file` flags from v2 commands [#6880](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/6880) [#7225](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/7225) [#8395](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8395) [#9123](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9123)
336 The `--cabal-file` flag was never meant for public use but only for testing.
337 To avoid confusing the users any further we removed the flag from v2
340 - Avoid a double space in "Executing install plan ..." [#9376](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/9376)
342 The "Executing·install·plan··serially" and other similar "Executing
343 install plan··..." outputs no longer contain double spaces.