Cabal-3.10.2.0

Cabal and Cabal-syntax 3.10.2.0 changelog and release notes

Release 3.10.2.0 is strictly a bug-fix release, with the fixes listed below

  • Shorten script-builds paths #8841 #8898

    • Use Base64 hash truncated to 26 chars for script-build cache directories.
    • Use the cache directory as the dist directory.
    • Use script- as the component name instead of cabal-script-<...>.
    • Use cabal-script- for the executable name.
    • This change is incompatible with previous cabal versions in terms of cache location, you should manually remove your old caches once you no longer need them.

  • Do not always pass --quickjump to haddock #9049 #9060 #9049

    6d8adf13101 caused cabal to always pass the --quickjump flag to Haddock. Not only does this waste memory for a service that user hasn't asked for, but also leads to a failure with Haddocks shipped with GHC 9.0 and 9.2, which had a separate bug (fixed in later versions but not backported) when Haddock does not pass --quickjump recursively to the package dependencies.

  • Regenerate Lexer.hs to avoid out-of-bound array access due to a bug in Alex #8892 #8896

    • Regenerate Cabal-syntax's Lexer.hs with Alex 3.2.7.3 which includes a fix for an out-of-bound array access (only noticeable with GHC's JavaScript backend).

Cabal-3.10.2.0

Cabal and Cabal-syntax 3.10.2.0 changelog and release notes

Release 3.10.2.0 is strictly a bug-fix release, with the fixes listed below

  • Shorten script-builds paths #8841 #8898

    • Use Base64 hash truncated to 26 chars for script-build cache directories.
    • Use the cache directory as the dist directory.
    • Use script- as the component name instead of cabal-script-<...>.
    • Use cabal-script- for the executable name.
    • This change is incompatible with previous cabal versions in terms of cache location, you should manually remove your old caches once you no longer need them.

  • Do not always pass --quickjump to haddock #9049 #9060 #9049

    6d8adf13101 caused cabal to always pass the --quickjump flag to Haddock. Not only does this waste memory for a service that user hasn't asked for, but also leads to a failure with Haddocks shipped with GHC 9.0 and 9.2, which had a separate bug (fixed in later versions but not backported) when Haddock does not pass --quickjump recursively to the package dependencies.

  • Regenerate Lexer.hs to avoid out-of-bound array access due to a bug in Alex #8892 #8896

    • Regenerate Cabal-syntax's Lexer.hs with Alex 3.2.7.3 which includes a fix for an out-of-bound array access (only noticeable with GHC's JavaScript backend).