Generate doc/buildinfo-fields-reference.rst

.github/workflows/quick-jobs.yml

@@ -92,3 +92,36 @@ jobs:
         run: make doctest-install
       - name: Doctest
         run: make doctest
+  buildinfo:
+    name: Check Field Syntax Reference
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set PATH
+        run: |
+          echo "$HOME/.cabal/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cabal/store
+          key: linux-store-buildinfo-doc-diff
+      # See https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/8739
+      - name: Sudo chmod to permit ghcup to update its cache
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ runner.os }}" == "Linux" ]]; then
+            sudo ls -lah /usr/local/.ghcup/cache
+            sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/.ghcup/cache
+            sudo ls -lah /usr/local/.ghcup/cache
+            sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/.ghcup
+            sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/local/.ghcup
+          fi
+      - name: ghcup
+        run: |
+          ghcup --version
+          ghcup config set cache true
+          ghcup install ghc --set recommended
+          ghcup install cabal --set latest
+      - name: Update Hackage index
+        run: cabal v2-update
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Are buildinfo docs up to date?
+        run: make doc/buildinfo-fields-reference.rst
+

Cabal-described/src/Distribution/Described.hs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances   #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings   #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 module Distribution.Described (
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ import Distribution.Utils.GrammarRegex
 -- Types
 import Distribution.Compat.Newtype
 import Distribution.Compiler                       (CompilerFlavor, CompilerId, knownCompilerFlavors)
+import Distribution.PackageDescription.FieldGrammar (CompatFilePath, CompatLicenseFile)
 import Distribution.FieldGrammar.Newtypes
 import Distribution.ModuleName                     (ModuleName)
 import Distribution.System                         (Arch, OS, knownArches, knownOSs)
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ import Distribution.Types.SourceRepo               (RepoType)
 import Distribution.Types.TestType                 (TestType)
 import Distribution.Types.UnitId                   (UnitId)
 import Distribution.Types.UnqualComponentName      (UnqualComponentName)
+import Distribution.Utils.Path                     (LicenseFile, PackageDir, SourceDir, SymbolicPath)
 import Distribution.Verbosity                      (Verbosity)
 import Distribution.Version                        (Version, VersionRange)
 import Language.Haskell.Extension                  (Extension, Language)
@@ -419,7 +422,7 @@ instance Described IncludeRenaming where
         mr = describe (Proxy :: Proxy ModuleRenaming)
 
 instance Described Language where
-    describe _ = REUnion ["Haskell98", "Haskell2010"]
+    describe _ = REUnion ["GHC2021", "Haskell2010", "Haskell98"]
 
 instance Described LegacyExeDependency where
     describe _ = RETodo
@@ -575,3 +578,15 @@ instance Described TestedWith where
 
 instance Described FilePathNT where
     describe _ = describe ([] :: [Token])
+
+instance Described (SymbolicPath PackageDir SourceDir) where
+    describe _ = describe ([] :: [Token])
+
+instance Described (SymbolicPath PackageDir LicenseFile) where
+    describe _ = describe ([] :: [Token])
+
+instance Described CompatLicenseFile where
+    describe _ = describe ([] :: [Token])
+
+instance Described CompatFilePath where
+    describe _ = describe ([] :: [Token]) 

Makefile

@@ -58,10 +58,15 @@ $(TEMPLATE_PATHS) : templates/Paths_pkg.template.hs cabal-dev-scripts/src/GenPat
 	cabal run --builddir=dist-newstyle-meta --project-file=cabal.project.meta gen-paths-module -- $< $@
 
 # generated docs
-
-buildinfo-fields-reference : phony
-	cabal build --builddir=dist-newstyle-bi --project-file=cabal.project.buildinfo buildinfo-reference-generator
-	$$(cabal list-bin --builddir=dist-newstyle-bi buildinfo-reference-generator) buildinfo-reference-generator/template.zinza | tee $@
+# Use cabal build before cabal run to avoid output of the build on stdout when running
+doc/buildinfo-fields-reference.rst : \
+  $(wildcard Cabal-syntax/src/*/*.hs Cabal-syntax/src/*/*/*.hs Cabal-syntax/src/*/*/*/*.hs) \
+  $(wildcard Cabal-described/src/Distribution/Described.hs Cabal-described/src/Distribution/Utils/*.hs) \
+  buildinfo-reference-generator/src/Main.hs \
+  buildinfo-reference-generator/template.zinza
+	cabal build --project-file=cabal.project.buildinfo buildinfo-reference-generator
+	cabal run --project-file=cabal.project.buildinfo buildinfo-reference-generator buildinfo-reference-generator/template.zinza | tee $@
+	git diff --exit-code $@
 
 # analyse-imports
 analyse-imports : phony

buildinfo-reference-generator/buildinfo-reference-generator.cabal

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ executable buildinfo-reference-generator
   ghc-options:      -Wall
   main-is:          Main.hs
   build-depends:
-    , base             ^>=4.12 || ^>=4.13
+    , base             >=4.11 && <4.20
     , Cabal
     , Cabal-described
     , containers

buildinfo-reference-generator/template.zinza

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Build info fields
 {# We show documentation link only for non deprecated fields #}
 {% if null field.deprecatedSince.fst %}
 {% if null field.removedIn.fst %}
-    * Documentation of :pkg-field:`{{field.name}}`
+    * Documentation of :pkg-field:`library:{{field.name}}`
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 {% if notNull field.syntax %}

cabal.project.buildinfo

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ packages: Cabal-described
 packages: buildinfo-reference-generator/
 tests: False
 optimization: False
-with-compiler: ghc-8.8.3
 
 -- avoiding extra dependencies
 constraints: rere -rere-cfg