CI: build-9.4 job fails due to not checking all possible bindist URLs
(Originally spun off of a discussion at !250 (comment 460503).)
The build-9.4
CI job is consistently failing with:
$ nix build \ # collapsed multi-line command
builder for '/nix/store/jd6a09cw7dssldzh3nd2jkl8w7gywrzz-bindist-version.drv' failed with exit code 1; last 6 log lines:
unpacking sources
unpacking source archive /nix/store/0030d9nfajil7lbb5pky2jmpsp1n620z-ghc.tar.xz
xz: (stdin): File format not recognized
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
do not know how to unpack source archive /nix/store/0030d9nfajil7lbb5pky2jmpsp1n620z-ghc.tar.xz
error: build of '/nix/store/jd6a09cw7dssldzh3nd2jkl8w7gywrzz-bindist-version.drv' failed
(use '--show-trace' to show detailed location information)
This is because it is attempting to download the GHC 9.4 bindist at this URL:
But currently, the URL is actually:
Note the extra release-
at the front of the job name. The ghc-9.4
branch seems to constantly fluctuate on whether its bindist URL requires release-
or not. I've encountered build failures in the past because of the URL not including release-
:
On the other hand, I've also encountered a build failure because of the URL including release-
when it shouldn't have:
@mpickering suggests that in order to make this robust, the CI needs to check for both URL variants.