Pachage Request - Hledger - newer version

[plzd]

...The last I checked hledger's latest stable version is 1.5 or so, MX17 (Debian 9?) has 1.0, would it be possible to update?

THANKS to everyone involved for MX17!

[Stevo]

Debian Testing has 1.5, but sometimes Haskell language programs are a real headache to backport--let's see what happens. I also see that 1.10 is the current release.

[Stevo]

Hmmm--we're missing some of the necessary build packages. No telling if those will in turn need even more to build:

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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy : Depends: libghc-here-dev which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package

                                 Depends: libghc-here-prof which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package

                                 Depends: libghc-hledger-lib-dev (>= 1.5) but 1.0.1-1+b1 is to be installed
                                 Depends: libghc-utility-ht-dev (>= 0.0.13) but 0.0.12-3 is to be installed
                                 Depends: libghc-here-doc which is a virtual package and is not provided by any available package

[Stevo]

Actually, those missing packages were covered in only three extra backports, so I did those first, and the build succeeded. I don't know how to use it, so I'm sending it to the test repo for you to play guinea pig.

[plzd]

Actually, those missing packages were covered in only three extra backports, so I did those first, and the build succeeded. I don't know how to use it, so I'm sending it to the test repo for you to play guinea pig.

@Stevo
SCARY FAST!!!! THANKS!!!!

So far it checks out great!!!! I realize that this is NOT a very popular app, so I'm in shock that it was DONE so fast... Wow, wow, wow ...

BTW, I did try to download/install their latest version using the script(s) they provide on the Hledger site, but ya, to no avail. Probably due to other dependencies as you found out -- so I did try to update on my own before requesting -- just so you know.

Thanks again.

[plzd]

Actually, those missing packages were covered in only three extra backports, so I did those first, and the build succeeded. I don't know how to use it, so I'm sending it to the test repo for you to play guinea pig.

@Stevo

I really hate to bother you again, but I failed to request one other accompanying app update that pairs with hledger, there's some others but, the one I really need is hledger-ui. I REALLY APPRECIATE your kind help.

[Stevo]

No problem! I'll look at it.

Since I learned how to do builds and cross-architecture package builds in pbuilder instead of firing up Virtual Box instances, it takes a lot less time and effort to do more complex backports like this.

[Stevo]

Well, the -ui package is not backportable. It required a newer libghc-brick, and the Buster version of that needs a whole lot of additional backports. I tried the older brick versions from debian snapshots that only need a few backports, but after doing that, the builds all failed with a technical compiler error:

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src/Brick/AttrMap.hs:153:15: error:
    * The constructor `Attr' should have 4 arguments, but has been given 3
    * In the pattern: Attr s1 f1 b1
      In an equation for `combineAttrs':
          combineAttrs (Attr s1 f1 b1) (Attr s2 f2 b2)
            = Attr
                (s1 `combineMDs` s2) (f1 `combineMDs` f2) (b1 `combineMDs` b2)
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/hlibrary.mk:147: recipe for target 'build-ghc-stamp' failed

As plan B, I tried backporting the additional larger set of packages needed for the Buster brick package, but one of those ended up having a different compiler failure...so I'm at a dead end.

[plzd]

Well, the -ui package is not backportable. It required a newer libghc-brick, and the Buster version of that needs a whole lot of additional backports. I tried the older brick versions from debian snapshots that only need a few backports, but after doing that, the builds all failed with a technical compiler error:

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src/Brick/AttrMap.hs:153:15: error:
    * The constructor `Attr' should have 4 arguments, but has been given 3
    * In the pattern: Attr s1 f1 b1
      In an equation for `combineAttrs':
          combineAttrs (Attr s1 f1 b1) (Attr s2 f2 b2)
            = Attr
                (s1 `combineMDs` s2) (f1 `combineMDs` f2) (b1 `combineMDs` b2)
/usr/share/cdbs/1/class/hlibrary.mk:147: recipe for target 'build-ghc-stamp' failed

As plan B, I tried backporting the additional larger set of packages needed for the Buster brick package, but one of those ended up having a different compiler failure...so I'm at a dead end.

@Stevo
THANK YOU for all you efforts regardless, very much appreciated.

[plzd]

...So might there be a chance for updating hledger now? Stable version of hledger is presently at 1.14.

Hoping at least for pkgs: hledger, hledger-ui, hledger-web to be upgraded.

Thank you.