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Forgot I need to move the `splitmix` constraint to the right place so all the project files get it, not just the one needed for `validate` to work. Probably need...

But we nevertheless have a macos bootstrap job. I guess it uses one of the Linux jsons?

Did I do it wrong? Now bootstrap is trying to download `buildinfo-reference-generator-0`, which I'm pretty sure is internal? --- ETA: and indeed the new jsons reference it, but the old...

https://github.com/haskell/cabal/actions/runs/9250116181/job/25443085129?pr=10057#step:19:342 `ScopedTypeVariables` is included in the `GHC2021` extension/language, but must be explicitly enabled for earlier versions.

If I understand that issue correctly, that would require a `hackage-server` modification?

No, I mean it won't accept it (`Warning: Hackage would reject this package.`) and I don't know if changing cabal and having Hackage use it to verify uploads is enough...

Not only that, but a warning that if you use `--install-method=copy`, the executable can't be a GC root because we'd need to be able to follow the symlink back to...

I've had two other thoughts on this: - we can in fact track `--install-method=copy` if we symlink it into the store separately, possibly with some kind of installed-file manifest -...

Not for caching, but there's a test that verifies that a package reinstall causes a warning IIRC.

The problem is that it's applied to FFI calls, which used to go via C. These days they're done directly in assembly code, because ghc compiles to assembly code instead...