My Experience with Vibe Coding

Every once in a while I kick the tires on vibe coding, for various reasons:

sometimes I fall for the hype and guiltily reach for vibe coding when I’m stuck
other times someone tells me that the latest and greatest thing has turned a corner
I also want vibe coding or something like it to work (I’m generally pro-AI)

However, each time I try out vibe coding I’m unimpressed with the results. Don’t get me wrong: I think vibe coding in its present state is pretty amazing and a cool tech demo but misses the mark as a software engineering tool.

I’ll illustrate what I mean with a sample Claude Code session of mine. I picked Claude Code for my recent vibe coding trial because some of my coworkers and peers on social media were raving about it.

The challenge

Over the weekend I…

Every once in a while I kick the tires on vibe coding, for various reasons:

sometimes I fall for the hype and guiltily reach for vibe coding when I’m stuck
other times someone tells me that the latest and greatest thing has turned a corner
I also want vibe coding or something like it to work (I’m generally pro-AI)

The challenge

Over the weekend I was hacking on my Grace project (a domain-specific language for prompt engineering1) and one of the issues I was dealing with is that the Nix build for GHCJS was failing with this error after upgrading to Nixpkgs 24.11:

Setup: Missing dependency on a foreign library:
* Missing (or bad) header file: ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h

Moreover, the failure was not reproducible2. The build succeeded on one machine but failed on another. I could work around that by copying the cached build product from one machine to another, but I wanted to better understand what was going on to gauge the full extent of the reproducibility problem.

I began debugging and after about an hour I had a "solution" (more like a workaround). Then I stopped and realized that this would actually be a good real-world example for me to trial vibe coding on because this is the sort of problem I deal with on the regular (both professionally and in my open source projects). I also had my own work that I could benchmark vibe coding against.

The result

So I subscribed to Claude Code Pro (for $17 / month), installed Claude Code, and fired it up in my terminal and began with this prompt:

I want to fix a build failure in my Nix configuration. To provide some context, this build does work on another machine, but for whatever reason doesn’t work on this machine. Specifically the way to reproduce the build failure is to load the Nix shell by setting .envrc to "use flake ‘.#ghcjs’" and direnv reload or just nix build '.#website'.

… and then I let Claude run from there. The full session transcript is provided in the Appendix below, but my basic interaction policy was:

stay engaged/present (reading Claude’s train of thought and commands)
intervene to clarify requirements
try not to bias it with knowledge I gathered from my own research
try to auto-approve as much as possible within reason
manually confirm all edits to the code

The only time I had to intervene was when Claude began to try to work around the issue by building for for x86_64-darwin instead of aarch64-darwin. My feedback was:

You don’t need to run Rosetta. This build should definitely work on aarch64-darwin. I know that it works on another machine and pushing on an x86_64-darwin build is a dead end.

For other stuff I generally let Claude’s ideas "ride" to see if Claude would learn and adjust on his own and to gauge to what extent I could let Claude work unsupervised.

Unfortunately, Claude’s first pass at the solution was not good, and I’ll paste it here:

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 465442e..957ca26 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -16,8 +16,59 @@
};

haskell = super.haskell // {
+          compiler = super.haskell.compiler // {
+            ghcjs =
+              let
+                originalGhcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs;
+                originalBootGhcjs = originalGhcjs.passthru.bootGhcjs;
+                emsdk = "/nix/store/rsd7naynyq6r8cry568r1widlzgxvqzg-emsdk";
+
+                # Patch bootGhcjs to fix the fs.h path issue
+                patchedBootGhcjs = originalBootGhcjs.overrideAttrs (bootOld: {
+                  patches = (bootOld.patches or []) ++ [ ./ghcjs-fix-fs-header-path.patch ];
+                });
+              in
+                # The final GHCJS runs ghcjs-boot using bootGhcjs
+                originalGhcjs.overrideAttrs (final: prev: {
+                  nativeBuildInputs = [ patchedBootGhcjs ] ++
+                    (builtins.filter (x: x != originalBootGhcjs) prev.nativeBuildInputs);
+
+                  # Rewrite buildPhase to use patched bootGhcjs
+                  buildPhase = ''
+                    export HOME=$TMP
+                    mkdir $HOME/.cabal
+                    touch $HOME/.cabal/config
+                    cd lib/boot
+
+                    mkdir -p $out/bin
+                    mkdir -p $out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7
+                    lndir ${patchedBootGhcjs}/bin $out/bin
+                    chmod -R +w $out/bin
+                    rm $out/bin/ghcjs-boot
+                    cp ${patchedBootGhcjs}/bin/ghcjs-boot $out/bin
+                    rm $out/bin/haddock
+                    cp ${patchedBootGhcjs}/bin/haddock $out/bin
+                    cp ${patchedBootGhcjs}/bin/private-ghcjs-hsc2hs $out/bin/ghcjs-hsc2hs
+
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghcjs-boot --set ghcjs_libexecdir $out/bin
+
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghcjs --add-flags "-B$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7"
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/haddock --add-flags "-B$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7"
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghcjs-pkg --add-flags "--global-package-db=$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7/package.conf.d"
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghcjs-hsc2hs --add-flags "-I$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7/include --template=$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7/include/template-hsc.h"
+
+                    env PATH=$out/bin:$PATH $out/bin/ghcjs-boot --with-emsdk=${emsdk} --no-haddock
+                  '';
+                  passthru = prev.passthru // {
+                    bootGhcjs = patchedBootGhcjs;
+                  };
+                });
+          };
+
packages = super.haskell.packages // {
"${compiler}" = super.haskell.packages."${compiler}".override (old: {
+              ghc = if compiler == "ghcjs" then self.haskell.compiler.ghcjs else old.ghc or null;
+
overrides =
let
hlib = self.haskell.lib;
diff --git a/ghcjs-fix-fs-header-path.patch b/ghcjs-fix-fs-header-path.patch
index 534bffc..ac19b29 100644
--- a/ghcjs-fix-fs-header-path.patch
+++ b/ghcjs-fix-fs-header-path.patch
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-diff --git a/ghcjs.cabal b/ghcjs.cabal
-index 1234567..abcdefg 100644
--- a/ghcjs.cabal
+++ b/ghcjs.cabal
-@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ library
-                ghc/libraries/ghc-prim/cbits
-                ghc/utils/fs
-                ghc/rts
--               ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h
-+               ghc/utils/fs/fs.h
-     GHC-Options: -Wall -fno-warn-orphans -fno-warn-name-shadowing -fno-warn-unused-do-bind -fprof-auto-calls -fobject-code
-     if flag(disable-optimizer)
-       cpp-options: -DDISABLE_OPTIMIZER
-@@ -916,4 +916,4 @@ executable ghcjs
-     Main-Is: Main.hs
-     Build-Depends:     base, ghcjs
-     Default-Language:  Haskell2010
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
+                 ghc/includes/HsFFI.h
+                 ghc/includes/Cmm.h
+                 ghc/includes/stg/*.h
+-                ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h
++                ghc/utils/fs/fs.h
+                 ghc/driver/utils/cwrapper.h
+                 ghc/driver/utils/getLocation.h
+                 utils/wrapper/getline.h
+@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@
+     hs-source-dirs: ghc/utils/unlit
+     Main-Is: unlit.c
+     C-Sources: ghc/utils/unlit/fs.c
-    Includes: ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h
+    Includes: ghc/utils/fs/fs.h
+
+ Executable private-ghcjs-touchy
+     if flag(compiler-only) || !os(Windows)

This is pretty poor software engineering (I’ll explain why in the next section), but I wanted to give Claude a chance to redeem himself so I started to get more hands on once I knew that Claude wasn’t really cut out for "fire and forget" operation. However, I still avoided using my prior research and only gave feedback based on what Claude had gathered, learned, and presented to me.

First, I asked Claude to improve upon his solution:

So there are a few issues with this solution: (A) you shouldn’t have hardcoded /nix/store paths (like /nix/store/rsd…-emdsk) and (B) you shouldn’t copy/paste/edit the buildPhase (because that will lead to configuration drift if I, say, upgrade Nixpkgs)

… and then Claude went down a bad route (trying to use string replacement instead, which is also not good practice) so I proactively intervened again so that Claude wouldn’t struggle going down that route:

❯ String replacement is also not an idiomatic Nix solution to the problem. Typically the right way to do these sorts of things is a well-placed .override(…) or .overrideAttrs(…) or similar

… and then Claude chugged on that for a while and eventually ran out of tokens for the day (because I was using the Pro plan and not the Max plan). This was after a ≈1 hour long session with Claude; I could upgrade to Claude Code Max which would give me ≈20× the pro plan so I could … spend a lot more money ($200 / month!) and time to teach Claude how to do a better job.

Needless to say I wasn’t impressed. If I wanted to spend time and money on mentoring a junior engineer I’d rather spend that on teaching a human how to be a better software engineer3.

Shoddy engineering

I want to break down why Claude’s solution was poor engineering because to an untrained eye it might seem like an acceptable solution to the problem. However, LLMs are notorious for generating solutions/ideas that seem good at first glance but then fall apart under scrutiny.

The first issue is: Claude’s solution is not reproducible at all on other machines. In fact, it’s not even necessarily reproducible on my own machine: Claude’s solution will eventually stop working on my machine the first time I run a Nix garbage collection.

This is because Claude hard-codes the /nix/store/rsd7naynyq6r8cry568r1widlzgxvqzg-emsdk Nix store path, which is a big no-no in Nix4 for the reason I just mentioned (profound lack of reproducibility, even local reproducibility).

The other issue with the solution is that Claude couldn’t figure out how to idiomatically patch the ghcjs build so Claude resorted to a big hack to work around its lack of knowledge:

+                  buildPhase = ''
+                    export HOME=$TMP
+                    mkdir $HOME/.cabal
+                    touch $HOME/.cabal/config
+                    cd lib/boot
+
+                    mkdir -p $out/bin
+                    mkdir -p $out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7
+                    lndir ${patchedBootGhcjs}/bin $out/bin
+                    chmod -R +w $out/bin
+                    rm $out/bin/ghcjs-boot
+                    cp ${patchedBootGhcjs}/bin/ghcjs-boot $out/bin
+                    rm $out/bin/haddock
+                    cp ${patchedBootGhcjs}/bin/haddock $out/bin
+                    cp ${patchedBootGhcjs}/bin/private-ghcjs-hsc2hs $out/bin/ghcjs-hsc2hs
+
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghcjs-boot --set ghcjs_libexecdir $out/bin
+
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghcjs --add-flags "-B$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7"
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/haddock --add-flags "-B$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7"
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghcjs-pkg --add-flags "--global-package-db=$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7/package.conf.d"
+                    wrapProgram $out/bin/ghcjs-hsc2hs --add-flags "-I$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7/include --template=$out/lib/ghcjs-8.10.7/include/template-hsc.h"
+
+                    env PATH=$out/bin:$PATH $out/bin/ghcjs-boot --with-emsdk=${emsdk} --no-haddock
+                  '';

I happen to know (because of my own research on the problem) that Claude didn’t thoughtfully craft that code; Claude copied/pasted/edited that code from here.

That’s not good software engineering practice because if the upstream buildPhase changes the copy that Claude vendored in my flake.nix file won’t pick up any of those changes. Moreover, it means that the derivation is highly likely to break when I upgrade (in the same way that pinning or vendoring a dependency tends to break upgrades). Again, this is the sort of issue that seems okay in the short-term but then causes issues in the long-term.

A much more direct way to do what Claude was trying to do would have been something like this:

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 465442e..f10cb22 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@
};

haskell = super.haskell // {
+          compiler = super.haskell.compiler // {
+            ghcjs810 = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs810.override (old: {
+              ghcjsDepOverrides = self: super: {
+                ghcjs = super.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (old: {
+                  postPatch = (old.postPatch or "") +
+                    ''
+                    ./utils/makePackages.sh copy
+                    '';
+                });
+              };
+            });
+          };
+
packages = super.haskell.packages // {
"${compiler}" = super.haskell.packages."${compiler}".override (old: {
overrides =

However, I know from my own debugging that neither Claude’s solution nor that simpler equivalent actually fix the problem (it just delays the build failure to a new build failure that surfaces later). I’ll cover the real problem and the fix in the next section.

I don’t expect Claude to be perfect, but what I would have liked to see is for Claude to recognize that this code was brittle/unmaintainable and stopped and asked for my input/guidance before powering through with that approach. For example, Claude could have said "The solution I have in mind might not be maintainable for X, Y, and Z reasons. Are you okay with that? I might exhaust my token budget if I push on better solutions".

The bigger issue, though, is that someone unfamiliar with Nix could be misled into thinking that this solution was acceptable or even impressive! It "works" … until it doesn’t. This is why I’m pretty skeptical of claims that vibe coding "levels up" people who are working in unfamiliar territory because they might not necessarily be qualified to understand the implications/tradeoffs/downsides of LLM-generated code (and vibe coding solutions don’t seem to have gotten to the point where they’re good at recognizing and communicating those tradeoffs). Every time I vibe code in an area within my own expertise I’m unimpressed with the results, which makes me highly skeptical that vibe coding does the right thing when I’m operating outside my comfort zone5.

Human solution

The actual cause of the build failure is a known issue in Nixpkgs which has a draft pull request open to address. Specifically:

this gcc -E preprocessing command was unexpectedly failing
that failure only happens on newer versions of macOS when gcc has duplicate LC_RPATH entries
the machine with the successful build worked because it was on an older macOS version
"Bash strict mode" was commented out 6 so the build failure was far-removed from the root cause

The workaround I used was to run and cache the build using my existing Garnix CI (which runs on an older version of macOS which doesn’t have this issue). This is still not ideal from a reproducibility standpoint, but this is about as reproducible as Darwin builds get in the Nixpkgs ecosystem. The best possible fix would be to take the above draft pull request across the line. An intermediate solution would be to change the gcc -E step to use a different C preprocessor (e.g. clang) just for that one failing command.

Conclusion

This example is pretty representative of my experiences using vibe coding. Every time I try out vibe coding for real (and not for demos) I start out feeling hopeful and excited and leave feeling let down and disappointed. I don’t want to produce throwaway code: I want to build things that will last and won’t blow up in my face later and I don’t want to handhold/babysit/cajole the tool to get the results I want. I want vibe coding to improve the quality of my work, not deteriorate it.

I understand that’s not how vibe coding is marketed by proponents. To quote Andrej Karpathy, the uh "vibe" of vibe coding is to:

… fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists

… and that might work fine for tiny projects, but that doesn’t really scale to projects of even a modest size or scope.

I don’t think vibe coding is worthless and I do think the vibe coding experience can improve and has potential but vibe coding in its current incarnation is not the superhuman fantasy-land technology that some proponents make it out to be.

You also don’t have to take my word for it: you can run this same experiment yourself. If you have Nix installed you can check out this branch of my Grace repository and ask your favorite vibe coding tool to fix the first build failure (there are multiple that need fixing and this post only covers the first one) and see what quality of solution you get.

Appendix

Here’s first part of the Claude Code session (before compaction):

❯ I want to fix a build failure in my Nix configuration.  To provide some context, this build *does* work on another machine, but for whatever reason doesn't work on this
machine.  Specifically the way to reproduce the build failure is to load the Nix shell by setting `.envrc` to "use flake '.#ghcjs'" and `direnv reload` or just `nix build
'.#website'`.

⏺ Let me first look at the relevant configuration files and then try to reproduce the build failure to see the error.

⏺ Searched for 1 pattern, read 2 files (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Bash(nix build '.#website' 2>&1)
⎿  Error: Exit code 1
warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
these 140 derivations will be built:
/nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv
/nix/store/xx1yiickzc9335ifff65dmmjvsvr10c1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv
/nix/store/c81yjny8ir20408xil95yb7x5kffalac-transformers-compat-0.7.2.drv
/nix/store/04j7vshi110axixv7wvhjhx7wj844hnr-mmorph-1.2.0.drv
/nix/store/law97if38x4v8qqvxbrqa8bpa4h63n86-base-orphans-0.9.2.drv
… +134 lines (ctrl+o to see all)

⏺ The build is failing when building GHCJS 8.10.7. Let me get the full logs to see what library is missing.

⏺ Bash(nix log /nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>&1 | tail -100)
⎿          depends xhtml-3000.2.2.1
definite ghcjs-8.10.7-BXpCZpwU6DR6Oz73ZBQ9TO-ghcjs-boot
depends Cabal-3.2.1.0
… +96 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ The error shows a missing header file ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h. This looks like a build system issue with GHCJS on this platform. Let me check the system details and the flake.lock
to understand the environment better.

⏺ Bash(uname -m && sw_vers 2>/dev/null || cat /etc/os-release 2>/dev/null || true)
⎿  arm64
ProductName:               macOS
ProductVersion:            26.2
BuildVersion:              25C56

⏺ Read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ This is on Apple Silicon (arm64) with macOS 26.2. The issue is that GHCJS is failing to build from source because it can't find the header ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h. This is a known
issue with building GHCJS on newer macOS/Apple Silicon.

Let me check if the garnix cache has pre-built binaries that could be used instead of building from source.

⏺ Bash(nix path-info --json '.#website' 2>&1 | head -50 || true)
⎿  warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
… +47 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Bash(nix eval '.#packages.aarch64-darwin.website' --json 2>&1 | head -20 || true)
⎿  warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
"/nix/store/fgvv390bs8ldz5nl1zlh22kr7a0pccsl-try-grace"

⏺ The website package exists but there's no cached binary available, so it needs to build GHCJS from source. The problem is that GHCJS doesn't build properly on Apple Silicon
(aarch64-darwin).

Let me check if this machine can use Rosetta 2 to run x86_64 builds instead.

⏺ Bash(nix show-config | grep -E "system|extra-platforms")
⎿  extra-platforms = x86_64-darwin
system = aarch64-darwin
system-features = apple-virt benchmark big-parallel hvf nixos-test

⏺ Bash(/usr/bin/arch -x86_64 /bin/echo "Rosetta works" 2>&1)
⎿  Interrupted · What should Claude do instead?

❯ You don't need to run Rosetta.  This build should definitely work on `aarch64-darwin`.  I know that it works on another machine and pushing on an `x86_64-darwin` build is a
dead end.

⏺ You're right, let me focus on why the garnix cache isn't providing the pre-built binary. The build should be fetching from the cache rather than building locally.

⏺ Bash(nix store ping --store https://cache.garnix.io 2>&1)
⎿  Store URL: https://cache.garnix.io

⏺ Bash(nix path-info --store https://cache.garnix.io /nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7 2>&1)
⎿  Error: Exit code 1
don't know how to build these paths:
/nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7
error: path '/nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7' is not valid

⏺ The garnix cache doesn't have this specific derivation hash. The derivation hash is calculated from inputs, so something is different on this machine. I noticed the "Git tree is
dirty" warning - let me check if the dirty files are affecting the derivation.

⏺ Bash(git status --porcelain)
⎿   M .envrc
?? docs/
?? openai.key
?? prompts/cunning.md

⏺ The prompts/cunning.md file is untracked, and the flake copies ./prompts/ into the website. This changes the derivation hash since the source contents are different.

Let me verify this is the cause by checking if the prompts directory is used in the build chain for GHCJS.

⏺ Bash(git stash --include-untracked -m "temp stash for nix build test" && nix path-info --json '.#website' 2>&1 | head -5; git stash pop)
⎿  Saved working directory and index state On main: temp stash for nix build test
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
… +19 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
⎿  (timeout 2m)

⏺ The derivation hash is the same even with a clean tree, so the dirty files aren't affecting the GHCJS derivation. The issue is that this specific derivation isn't cached at
garnix.

Let me check what GHCJS versions garnix has cached, and compare with what this flake is requesting.

⏺ Bash(nix derivation show /nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>/dev/null | head -80)
⎿  {
"/nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv": {
"args": [
… +127 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Let me check the GHCJS source that's being used in the build.

⏺ Searched for 1 pattern, read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Found it. The header is at ghc/utils/fs/fs.h but the error says it's looking for ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h. Let me check if this is a configuration issue in the GHCJS cabal file.

⏺ Searched for 2 patterns (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ There's the bug. The ghcjs.cabal references ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h but the actual file is at ghc/utils/fs/fs.h. Let me verify the actual directory structure.

⏺ Read 3 files (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ The file structure is confirmed: fs.h is in ghc/utils/fs/ but the cabal file references ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h. Let me check how this GHCJS source is configured in nixpkgs.

⏺ Bash(nix derivation show /nix/store/bzbhyxvbqlj0wsn7hxwv3ppjwg9l8947-configured-ghcjs-src.drv 2>/dev/null | head -100)
⎿  (No content)

⏺ Bash(nix-store -q --deriver /nix/store/bzbhyxvbqlj0wsn7hxwv3ppjwg9l8947-configured-ghcjs-src 2>&1)
⎿  /nix/store/6v281k29a2ba91g2xp3pafs62lqnn7ab-configured-ghcjs-src.drv

⏺ Bash(nix derivation show /nix/store/6v281k29a2ba91g2xp3pafs62lqnn7ab-configured-ghcjs-src.drv 2>&1 | head -150)
⎿ warning: The interpretation of store paths arguments ending in `.drv` recently changed. If this command is now failing try again with '/nix/store/6v281k29a2ba91g2xp3pafs62
lqnn7ab-configured-ghcjs-src.drv^*'
{
… +150 lines (ctrl+o to expand)


⏺ I found the issue. The ghcjs.cabal references ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h but the file is actually at ghc/utils/fs/fs.h. This is a bug in the GHCJS package configuration.

The build works on another machine likely because:
1. That machine has cached binaries from a previous successful build, or
2. It's using a different nixpkgs version

Let me check if updating the flake inputs might fix this.

⏺ Bash(nix flake lock --update-input nixpkgs 2>&1 && nix build '.#website' --dry-run 2>&1 | head -30)
⎿  warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
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⏺ Let me revert that and instead fix the issue by patching GHCJS. The fix is to correct the path in ghcjs.cabal from ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h to ghc/utils/fs/fs.h.

⏺ Bash(git checkout flake.lock 2>&1)
⎿  Updated 0 paths from the index

⏺ Let me check how nixpkgs configures GHCJS so I can add a patch to fix this.

⏺ Bash(nix eval --json 'nixpkgs#haskell.packages.ghcjs.ghc.meta.position' 2>&1 || echo "Not available")
⎿  error:
… while calling the 'throw' builtin
… +9 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Bash(nix-instantiate --eval -E 'with import <nixpkgs> {}; builtins.attrNames haskell.packages' 2>/dev/null | tr ',' '\n' | grep -i ghcjs || echo "Looking in a differ…)
⎿ [ "ghc810" "ghc8107" "ghc8107Binary" "ghc865Binary" "ghc90" "ghc902" "ghc910" "ghc9101" "ghc92" "ghc924Binary" "ghc925" "ghc926" "ghc927" "ghc928" "ghc94" "ghc945" "ghc946
" "ghc947" "ghc948" "ghc96" "ghc963" "ghc963Binary" "ghc964" "ghc965" "ghc966" "ghc98" "ghc981" "ghc982" "ghcHEAD" "ghcjs" "ghcjs810" "integer-simple" "native-bignum" ]


⏺ Fetch(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/24.05/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/8.10/default.nix)
⎿  Received 3.5KB (200 OK)

⏺ Fetch(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/24.05/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/8.10/configured-ghcjs-src.nix)
⎿  Received 1.8KB (200 OK)

⏺ Searched for 1 pattern (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Now I need to add a fix to the flake.nix. The cleanest approach is to override the GHCJS compiler package to fix the path in ghcjs.cabal. Let me check the current overlay
structure to understand how to add this fix.

⏺ Read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ I need to add an override for the GHCJS compiler itself in the overlay. The fix is to patch the ghcjs.cabal file to use the correct path. Let me add this to the flake.nix.

⏺ Update(flake.nix)
⎿  Added 11 lines
10    outputs = { garnix-lib, nixpkgs, utils, self }:
11      let
12        overlay = compiler: self: super: {
13 +        haskell = super.haskell // {
14 +          compiler = super.haskell.compiler // {
15 +            ghcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (old: {
16 +              postPatch = (old.postPatch or "") + ''
17 +                # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal
18 +                sed -i 's|ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h|ghc/utils/fs/fs.h|g' ghcjs.cabal
19 +              '';
20 +            });
21 +          };
22 +        };
23 +
24          codemirror = self.fetchzip {
25            url = "https://codemirror.net/5/codemirror.zip";
26            sha256 = "sha256-TS4JVTRIwdWj/CihELhhC3Rte9DT0Tv239eZKR6MT6w=";

⏺ Wait, this creates a conflict since haskell is defined again later. Let me fix this by merging the definitions properly.

⏺ Read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ I need to merge the two haskell definitions. Let me fix this.

⏺ Update(flake.nix)
⎿  Added 5 lines, removed 7 lines
10    outputs = { garnix-lib, nixpkgs, utils, self }:
11      let
12        overlay = compiler: self: super: {
13 +        codemirror = self.fetchzip {
14 +          url = "https://codemirror.net/5/codemirror.zip";
15 +          sha256 = "sha256-TS4JVTRIwdWj/CihELhhC3Rte9DT0Tv239eZKR6MT6w=";
16 +        };
17 +
18          haskell = super.haskell // {
19            compiler = super.haskell.compiler // {
20              ghcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (old: {
...
24                '';
25              });
26            };
22 -        };
27
24 -        codemirror = self.fetchzip {
25 -          url = "https://codemirror.net/5/codemirror.zip";
26 -          sha256 = "sha256-TS4JVTRIwdWj/CihELhhC3Rte9DT0Tv239eZKR6MT6w=";
27 -        };
28 -
29 -        haskell = super.haskell // {
28            packages = super.haskell.packages // {
29              "${compiler}" = super.haskell.packages."${compiler}".override (old: {
30                overrides =

⏺ Let me verify the fix is correct and test the build.

⏺ Read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ The structure looks correct. Let me test if the build works now.

⏺ Bash(nix build '.#website' 2>&1 | head -50)
⎿  warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
… +47 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
⎿  (timeout 5m)

⏺ The derivation hash hasn't changed, meaning my override isn't affecting the GHCJS compiler correctly. Let me check how the GHCJS package set uses the compiler.

⏺ Bash(nix eval --json '.#packages.aarch64-darwin.website.drvPath' 2>&1)
⎿  warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
"/nix/store/3b7npm9f6lq8bml1q3xv0p1jcmp5ymwn-try-grace.drv"

⏺ Bash(nix repl --expr 'builtins.getFlake (toString ./.)' 2>&1 <<'EOF'
:p packages.aarch64-darwin.website.meta or "no meta"…)
⎿  Welcome to Nix 2.18.1. Type :? for help.

Loading installable ''...
… +6 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Let me check how the GHCJS package set uses the compiler. The issue is that haskell.packages.ghcjs has its own compiler that needs to be overridden differently.

⏺ Bash(nix repl 2>&1 <<'EOF'
:l <nixpkgs>…)
⎿  Welcome to Nix 2.18.1. Type :? for help.

Failed tcsetattr(TCSADRAIN): Inappropriate ioctl for device
… +9 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ I see - both haskell.packages.ghcjs.ghc and haskell.compiler.ghcjs point to the same derivation. But my override isn't flowing through correctly. Let me try overriding the ghc
within the package set override.

⏺ Read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ I need to pass the patched compiler directly to the package set override. Let me update the flake.nix to do this correctly.

⏺ Update(flake.nix)
⎿  Added 10 lines, removed 9 lines
16          };
17
18          haskell = super.haskell // {
19 -          compiler = super.haskell.compiler // {
20 -            ghcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (old: {
21 -              postPatch = (old.postPatch or "") + ''
22 -                # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal
23 -                sed -i 's|ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h|ghc/utils/fs/fs.h|g' ghcjs.cabal
24 -              '';
25 -            });
26 -          };
27 -
19            packages = super.haskell.packages // {
20              "${compiler}" = super.haskell.packages."${compiler}".override (old: {
21 +              ghc = if compiler == "ghcjs" then
22 +                super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (ghcOld: {
23 +                  postPatch = (ghcOld.postPatch or "") + ''
24 +                    # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal
25 +                    sed -i 's|ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h|ghc/utils/fs/fs.h|g' ghcjs.cabal
26 +                  '';
27 +                })
28 +              else
29 +                old.ghc or super.haskell.packages."${compiler}".ghc;
30 +
31                overrides =
32                  let
33                    hlib = self.haskell.lib;

⏺ Bash(nix build '.#website' --dry-run 2>&1 | head -20)
⎿  warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
… +17 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
⎿  (timeout 2m)

⏺ Progress! I see a new derivation hash (43vzxkz71qziwf1vnajyadr03za8hnp9-ghcjs-8.10.7) but the old one is still there too. Let me check if the build succeeds now.

⏺ Bash(nix build '.#website' 2>&1)
⎿  Error: Exit code 1
warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
these 140 derivations will be built:
/nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv
/nix/store/43vzxkz71qziwf1vnajyadr03za8hnp9-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv
/nix/store/5y6xc4c874qzlhyqi0i08ypmkcpa498m-base-orphans-0.9.2.drv
/nix/store/4sk5j9hyb5wvd37hny8wx6bjk56hyadg-ghc-bignum-1.0.drv
/nix/store/8897xvkrcmm8ipj9h73pjdmn3hlyf3m6-data-array-byte-0.1.0.1.drv
… +135 lines (ctrl+o to see all)

⏺ The patched GHCJS depends on the unpatched GHCJS - this is the bootstrap problem. GHCJS builds itself using another copy. I need to patch the configured-ghcjs-src derivation
which is used by both stages.

⏺ Bash(nix derivation show /nix/store/43vzxkz71qziwf1vnajyadr03za8hnp9-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>/dev/null | grep "1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1" | head -5)
⎿        "/nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv": {

⏺ I need to patch the shared source (configured-ghcjs-src), not the final compiler. Let me restructure the fix.

⏺ Bash(nix eval --raw '(with import <nixpkgs> {}; haskell.compiler.ghcjs.src.name or "checking...")' 2>&1)
⎿  Error: Exit code 1
error: '(with import <nixpkgs> {}; haskell.compiler.ghcjs.src.name or "checking...")' is not a valid URL

⏺ Bash(nix repl 2>&1 <<'EOF'
:l <nixpkgs>…)
⎿  Welcome to Nix 2.18.1. Type :? for help.

Failed tcsetattr(TCSADRAIN): Inappropriate ioctl for device
… +6 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Bash(nix derivation show /nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>/dev/null | grep -E '"src"|"configured-ghcjs"' | head -5)
⎿        "src": "/nix/store/bzbhyxvbqlj0wsn7hxwv3ppjwg9l8947-configured-ghcjs-src/",

⏺ I see - there are two GHCJS builds: the boot compiler and the final compiler. I need to patch haskell.compiler.ghcjs at the top level so it affects the boot process too.

⏺ Read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ I need to override haskell.compiler.ghcjs at the overlay level so the patched version is used everywhere. Let me restructure this.

⏺ Update(flake.nix)
⎿  Added 9 lines, removed 10 lines
16          };
17
18          haskell = super.haskell // {
19 +          compiler = super.haskell.compiler // {
20 +            ghcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (ghcOld: {
21 +              postPatch = (ghcOld.postPatch or "") + ''
22 +                # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal
23 +                sed -i 's|ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h|ghc/utils/fs/fs.h|g' ghcjs.cabal
24 +              '';
25 +            });
26 +          };
27 +
28            packages = super.haskell.packages // {
29              "${compiler}" = super.haskell.packages."${compiler}".override (old: {
21 -              ghc = if compiler == "ghcjs" then
22 -                super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (ghcOld: {
23 -                  postPatch = (ghcOld.postPatch or "") + ''
24 -                    # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal
25 -                    sed -i 's|ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h|ghc/utils/fs/fs.h|g' ghcjs.cabal
26 -                  '';
27 -                })
28 -              else
29 -                old.ghc or super.haskell.packages."${compiler}".ghc;
30 -
30                overrides =
31                  let
32                    hlib = self.haskell.lib;

⏺ Let me also ensure the package set uses the patched compiler from self instead of super.

⏺ Read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Update(flake.nix)
⎿  Added 2 lines
27
28            packages = super.haskell.packages // {
29              "${compiler}" = super.haskell.packages."${compiler}".override (old: {
30 +              ghc = if compiler == "ghcjs" then self.haskell.compiler.ghcjs else old.ghc or null;
31 +
32                overrides =
33                  let
34                    hlib = self.haskell.lib;

⏺ Bash(nix build '.#website' --dry-run 2>&1 | head -20)
⎿  warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
… +17 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
⎿  (timeout 2m)

⏺ The bootstrap compiler is still using the old source. The configured-ghcjs-src is shared by both. Let me try a different approach - instead of patching in postPatch, I'll create
a symlink in preConfigure to make the expected path work.

⏺ Update(flake.nix)
⎿  Added 4 lines, removed 2 lines
18          haskell = super.haskell // {
19            compiler = super.haskell.compiler // {
20              ghcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (ghcOld: {
21 -              postPatch = (ghcOld.postPatch or "") + ''
22 -                # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal
21 +              preConfigure = (ghcOld.preConfigure or "") + ''
22 +                # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal - create symlink for compatibility
23 +                ln -sf ../fs/fs.h ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h || true
24 +                # Also fix the cabal file directly in case symlink doesn't work
25                  sed -i 's|ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h|ghc/utils/fs/fs.h|g' ghcjs.cabal
26                '';
27              });

⏺ Bash(nix derivation show /nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>/dev/null | grep -E '"ghcjs|"buildCommand|"buildPhase"' | head -10)
⎿        "buildPhase": "runHook preBuild\n./Setup build \nrunHook postBuild\n",
"name": "ghcjs-8.10.7",
"pname": "ghcjs",
"name": "ghcjs-8.10.7",

⏺ Bash(diff <(nix derivation show /nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>/dev/null | head -100) <(nix derivation show /nix/store/43vzxkz71qziwf…)
⎿  2c2
<   "/nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv": {
---
… +81 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Now I understand. There are two stages:
1. First: Compiles GHCJS from source with ./Setup build - this is failing
2. Second: Runs ghcjs-boot using the first - this is what I was patching

The first one is the actual build that needs the fix. Let me check how to override it.

⏺ Bash(nix repl 2>&1 <<'EOF'
:l <nixpkgs>…)
⎿  Welcome to Nix 2.18.1. Type :? for help.

Failed tcsetattr(TCSADRAIN): Inappropriate ioctl for device
… +9 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Fetch(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/24.05/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/8.10/stage0.nix)
⎿  Received 3KB (200 OK)

⏺ Fetch(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/24.05/pkgs/development/compilers/ghcjs/8.10/default.nix)
⎿  Received 3.5KB (200 OK)

⏺ The bootGhcjs in passthru is what needs patching. It's built from stage0.nix. Let me try overriding the configuredSrc in the GHCJS passthru.

⏺ Bash(nix repl 2>&1 <<'EOF'
pkgs = import (builtins.getFlake "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/24.05").outPath {}…)
⎿  Welcome to Nix 2.18.1. Type :? for help.

Failed tcsetattr(TCSADRAIN): Inappropriate ioctl for device
… +8 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ Now I understand the structure. The bootGhcjs is the failing derivation, and it uses configuredSrc. Let me try to patch configuredSrc directly by overriding it in the overlay.

⏺ Update(flake.nix)
⎿  Added 27 lines, removed 8 lines
17
18          haskell = super.haskell // {
19            compiler = super.haskell.compiler // {
20 -            ghcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (ghcOld: {
21 -              preConfigure = (ghcOld.preConfigure or "") + ''
22 -                # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal - create symlink for compatibility
23 -                ln -sf ../fs/fs.h ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h || true
24 -                # Also fix the cabal file directly in case symlink doesn't work
25 -                sed -i 's|ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h|ghc/utils/fs/fs.h|g' ghcjs.cabal
26 -              '';
27 -            });
20 +            ghcjs =
21 +              let
22 +                # Patch the configured source to fix the fs.h path issue
23 +                patchedConfiguredSrc = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.passthru.configuredSrc.overrideAttrs (srcOld: {
24 +                  buildCommand = srcOld.buildCommand + ''
25 +                    # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal
26 +                    sed -i 's|ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h|ghc/utils/fs/fs.h|g' $out/ghcjs.cabal
27 +                  '';
28 +                });
29 +
30 +                # Patch bootGhcjs to use the patched source
31 +                patchedBootGhcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.passthru.bootGhcjs.overrideAttrs (bootOld: {
32 +                  src = patchedConfiguredSrc;
33 +                });
34 +              in
35 +                super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (ghcOld: {
36 +                  passthru = ghcOld.passthru // {
37 +                    configuredSrc = patchedConfiguredSrc;
38 +                    bootGhcjs = patchedBootGhcjs;
39 +                  };
40 +                  # Use the patched bootGhcjs in nativeBuildInputs
41 +                  nativeBuildInputs = map (x:
42 +                    if x == super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.passthru.bootGhcjs
43 +                    then patchedBootGhcjs
44 +                    else x
45 +                  ) (ghcOld.nativeBuildInputs or []);
46 +                });
47            };
48
49            packages = super.haskell.packages // {

⏺ Bash(nix build '.#website' --dry-run 2>&1 | head -20)
⎿  warning: Git tree '/Users/gabriella/proj/grace' is dirty
Using saved setting for 'extra-substituters = https://cache.garnix.io' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
Using saved setting for 'extra-trusted-public-keys = cache.garnix.io:CTFPyKSLcx5RMJKfLo5EEPUObbA78b0YQ2DTCJXqr9g=' from ~/.local/share/nix/trusted-settings.json.
… +17 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
⎿  (timeout 2m)

⏺ Progress! New derivations appeared but the old unpatched one is still there. Let me check what still depends on it.

⏺ Bash(nix-store -q --referrers-closure /nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>&1 | head -20)
⎿  /nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv
/nix/store/xx1yiickzc9335ifff65dmmjvsvr10c1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv
/nix/store/c81yjny8ir20408xil95yb7x5kffalac-transformers-compat-0.7.2.drv
… +17 lines (ctrl+o to expand)

⏺ The patched derivation still depends on the old bootGhcjs. My replacement logic isn't working. Let me simplify the approach.

⏺ Bash(nix derivation show /nix/store/g7qn3aliklahya9b87swkb8zgvpladxa-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>/dev/null | grep -E '"nativeBuildInputs"' | head -3)
⎿       "nativeBuildInputs": "/nix/store/fpw78xnk9w8nqfazbg2bg0lgxzdpg9m5-ghcjs-8.10.7 /nix/store/lwi8bdwi6dlgvrnx2736jjj34qmywpy6-ghc-8.10.7 /nix/store/213ra7zhc3z95ksvckz0
bnnif2vhhnaf-cabal-install-3.10.3.0 /nix/store/bzzs4kvjyvjjhs3rj08vqpvvzmfggvbv-nodejs-20.12.2 /nix/store/8j4hiinc593ih7ivwvflf6qsy6j1l9c2-make-shell-wrapper-hook /nix/sto
re/jigjfkcnjrak278cgzgkh6hisrijfmg6-lndir-1.0.5 /nix/store/ifyiaj7bvdm6zkrw149786m68wr7wvn5-gmp-with-cxx-6.3.0-dev /nix/store/b5hlaiv3vg8qgr3vhsw78cjh5s2zrph9-pkg-config-w
rapper-0.29.2 /nix/store/bwcwdgfr3831h4lrh6cfd58bx3x4mk9f-gcc-wrapper-13.2.0",




⏺ Bash(nix derivation show /nix/store/g7qn3aliklahya9b87swkb8zgvpladxa-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>/dev/null | grep "fpw78xnk9w8nqfazbg2bg0lgxzdpg9m5-ghcjs")
⎿       "nativeBuildInputs": "/nix/store/fpw78xnk9w8nqfazbg2bg0lgxzdpg9m5-ghcjs-8.10.7 /nix/store/lwi8bdwi6dlgvrnx2736jjj34qmywpy6-ghc-8.10.7 /nix/store/213ra7zhc3z95ksvckz0
bnnif2vhhnaf-cabal-install-3.10.3.0 /nix/store/bzzs4kvjyvjjhs3rj08vqpvvzmfggvbv-nodejs-20.12.2 /nix/store/8j4hiinc593ih7ivwvflf6qsy6j1l9c2-make-shell-wrapper-hook /nix/sto
re/jigjfkcnjrak278cgzgkh6hisrijfmg6-lndir-1.0.5 /nix/store/ifyiaj7bvdm6zkrw149786m68wr7wvn5-gmp-with-cxx-6.3.0-dev /nix/store/b5hlaiv3vg8qgr3vhsw78cjh5s2zrph9-pkg-config-w
rapper-0.29.2 /nix/store/bwcwdgfr3831h4lrh6cfd58bx3x4mk9f-gcc-wrapper-13.2.0",




⏺ Bash(ls /nix/store/fpw78xnk9w8nqfazbg2bg0lgxzdpg9m5-ghcjs-8.10.7 2>&1 || nix-store -q --deriver /nix/store/fpw78xnk9w8nqfazbg2bg0lgxzdpg9m5-ghcjs-8.10.7 2>&1 || echo…)
⎿  ls: /nix/store/fpw78xnk9w8nqfazbg2bg0lgxzdpg9m5-ghcjs-8.10.7: No such file or directory
error: path '/nix/store/fpw78xnk9w8nqfazbg2bg0lgxzdpg9m5-ghcjs-8.10.7' is not valid
Not in store

⏺ Bash(nix derivation show /nix/store/g7qn3aliklahya9b87swkb8zgvpladxa-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.[] | .inputDrvs | keys[]' | grep ghcjs | head -5)
⎿  /nix/store/1d66a8himxb4ys2r7wska88ghwkagdk1-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv
/nix/store/6v281k29a2ba91g2xp3pafs62lqnn7ab-configured-ghcjs-src.drv
/nix/store/g7h7l976ihy3a88qfa3m5x0zh37w3zir-ghcjs-8.10.7.drv

⏺ My override isn't replacing the dependencies correctly. Let me try a simpler approach - just patching the source derivation.

⏺ Update(flake.nix)
⎿  Added 11 lines, removed 13 lines
19            compiler = super.haskell.compiler // {
20              ghcjs =
21                let
22 +                originalGhcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs;
23 +
24                  # Patch the configured source to fix the fs.h path issue
23 -                patchedConfiguredSrc = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.passthru.configuredSrc.overrideAttrs (srcOld: {
25 +                patchedConfiguredSrc = originalGhcjs.passthru.configuredSrc.overrideAttrs (srcOld: {
26                    buildCommand = srcOld.buildCommand + ''
27                      # Fix incorrect path for fs.h in ghcjs.cabal
28                      sed -i 's|ghc/utils/unlit/fs.h|ghc/utils/fs/fs.h|g' $out/ghcjs.cabal
...
30                  });
31
32                  # Patch bootGhcjs to use the patched source
31 -                patchedBootGhcjs = super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.passthru.bootGhcjs.overrideAttrs (bootOld: {
33 +                patchedBootGhcjs = originalGhcjs.passthru.bootGhcjs.overrideAttrs (bootOld: {
34                    src = patchedConfiguredSrc;
35                  });
36                in
35 -                super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.overrideAttrs (ghcOld: {
36 -                  passthru = ghcOld.passthru // {
37 -                    configuredSrc = patchedConfiguredSrc;
38 -                    bootGhcjs = patchedBootGhcjs;
37 +                # Override the entire GHCJS using the same approach nixpkgs uses
38 +                originalGhcjs.override {
39 +                  bootPkgs = originalGhcjs.passthru.bootPkgs.override {
40 +                    overrides = hself: hsuper: {
41 +                      ghcjs = patchedBootGhcjs;
42 +                    };
43                    };
40 -                  # Use the patched bootGhcjs in nativeBuildInputs
41 -                  nativeBuildInputs = map (x:
42 -                    if x == super.haskell.compiler.ghcjs.passthru.bootGhcjs
43 -                    then patchedBootGhcjs
44 -                    else x
45 -                  ) (ghcOld.nativeBuildInputs or []);
46 -                });
44 +

The challenge

The challenge

The result

Shoddy engineering

Human solution

Conclusion

Appendix

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