No `bootstrap` files in Hackage cabal-install tar ball

[blackgnezdo]

Describe the bug

cabal-install-3.4.0.0.tar.gz as distributed on hackage doesn't include bootstrap directory.

These files are very useful when bootstrapping cabal-install without having a previous version handy, e.g. in my OpenBSD port. I was previously using an rc-tagged bundle on github and hoping to change the dependency to Hackage instead.

Expected behavior

Enough files available on Hackage to build all of cabal-install.

System information

• OpenBSD
• cabal-3.4.0.0, ghc-8.10.3

[chenrui333]

Just to echo here, the bootstrap.py file is not part of the cabal-install-3.4.0.0.tar.gz

[arrowd]

Bumped into this problem too when updating FreeBSD port of cabal-install. Can we get the script back?

[ciez]

@arrowd
looks like bootstrap.sh is gone for good.

See #6701 and #6719

[ambs]

Probably rewrite README.md, then?

[fgaz]

@ambs what's wrong with the readme?

[ambs]

README.md refers to the bootstrap.sh file. If it is not shipped, we should not refer to it :)

[fgaz]

@ambs could you link to the specific line where we mention bootstrap.sh? I can't find it

[ambs]

Probably we are referring to different things but look into https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-install. Line 53.

[fgaz]

Indeed we are! The readme is fixed on master. Changing the one on hackage would require a release

[ambs]

Yeah, common mortals prefer to use releases. :-)
Also, it looks like the version in master suggests a folder named bootstrap (?), which doesn't exist in the released tarball as well.
So probably we are really needing a release!
Or will the bootstrap folder be only available in the git?
Probably clarifying would make sense. I will use the git version, nevertheless. Thanks!

[ambs]

And extra detail, bootstrap-deps.json seems to be missing from the master tree?

[gbaz]

What remains to be done to resolve this?

[arrowd]

The bootstrap script should be distributed with Hackage tarball.