Fix #6142 Build statically-linked Linux/Aarch64 Stack

[mpilgrem]

This pull request is draft while I experiment with the CI.

• Any changes that could be relevant to users have been recorded in ChangeLog.md.
• The documentation has been updated, if necessary

Please also shortly describe how you tested your change. Bonus points for added tests! Relying on CI.

[mpilgrem]

@benz0li, I have probably got the wrong end of the stick, but I thought I could simply use the Stack that comes with the self-hosted Linux Aarch64 runner to run stack etc/scripts/release.hs build --alpine, which would then build Stack in your glcr.b-data.ch/ghc/ghc-musl:9.2.8 Docker container. However, it falls over with (extracts):

...
Error: [S-7282]
       Stack failed to execute the build plan.
       
       While executing the build plan, Stack encountered the error:
       
       [S-7011]
       While building package digest-0.0.1.7 (scroll up to its section to see the error) using:
...

I tend to associate problems with building digest-0.0.1.7 with a missing pkg-config dependency. May I ask, does your Docker container come with pkg-config? If it does not, could it be modified to supply it?

[benz0li]

May I ask, does your Docker container come with pkg-config? If it does not, could it be modified to supply it?

The package pkgconfig is already available in the image.

[benz0li]

Stack builds fine using glcr.b-data.ch/ghc/ghc-musl:9.2.8:

Host

docker run --rm -ti glcr.b-data.ch/ghc/ghc-musl:9.2.8 bash

Docker container

cd /tmp && git clone https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack.git

Cloning into 'stack'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 66913, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (6851/6851), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1010/1010), done.
remote: Total 66913 (delta 5950), reused 6472 (delta 5796), pack-reused 60062
Receiving objects: 100% (66913/66913), 22.37 MiB | 17.51 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (46648/46648), done.

cd stack && stack install stack --flag=stack:static --no-install-ghc --system-ghc

Build log

build_log.txt

[benz0li]

With Stack v2.11.1 installed on the host, I am able to build Stack v2.12.0 (master) using stack install stack --docker --docker-stack-exe=image --flag=stack:static --no-install-ghc --system-ghc for both Linux/x86_64 and Linux/AArch64.

[benz0li]

@mpilgrem Using the same steps for Linux/AArch64 as for Linux/x86_64 should give the same result.

The images for both architectures are built with the same Dockerfile: https://gitlab.b-data.ch/ghc/ghc-musl/-/blob/main/prior/9.2.8.Dockerfile

[benz0li]

docker run --rm -ti glcr.b-data.ch/ghc/ghc-musl:9.2.8 bash -c 'uname -m && which pkg-config && pkg-config --version'

aarch64
/usr/bin/pkg-config
1.8.1

[benz0li]

@mpilgrem I do not see the glcr.b-data.ch/ghc/ghc-musl:9.2.8 image getting pulled: https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/serviceHosts/4fdad996-cbc4-4b05-9917-c90ede306da1/_apis/pipelines/1/runs/6868/signedlogcontent/12?urlExpires=2023-08-19T11%3A46%3A39.3000157Z&urlSigningMethod=HMACV1&urlSignature=O3egR%2B9y6CIqXm6lgVVE21R3M0t6r1Dd%2FZGxBmsA2Zs%3D (https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/serviceHosts/4fdad996-cbc4-4b05-9917-c90ede306da1/_apis/pipelines/1/runs/6868/signedlogcontent/12?urlExpires=2023-08-19T11%3A46%3A39.3000157Z&urlSigningMethod=HMACV1&urlSignature=O3egR%2B9y6CIqXm6lgVVE21R3M0t6r1Dd%2FZGxBmsA2Zs%3D)

Please compare to Linux/x86_64 https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/serviceHosts/4fdad996-cbc4-4b05-9917-c90ede306da1/_apis/pipelines/1/runs/6843/signedlogcontent/4?urlExpires=2023-08-19T11%3A46%3A11.8321831Z&urlSigningMethod=HMACV1&urlSignature=T90S72Q1RI3nZtTKs5fJtydJKLnVbjown8tll2aJU%2Bs%3D (https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/actions/runs/5902373180/job/16010287622)

[mpilgrem]

@benz0li, thanks for your help, and patience. The pkg-config was a problem with the self-hosted runner's software. --docker-stack-exe=image was missing from my Docker set up. I think I am almost there ...

[benz0li]

@benz0li, thanks for your help, and patience.

No worries. Thank you for looking into this.

The pkg-config was a problem with the self-hosted runner's software.

OK.

--docker-stack-exe=image was missing from my Docker set up. I think I am almost there ...

ℹ️ After a new release I will update Stack in the images asap.