Error: Failed to build HsOpenSSL-0.11.7.7

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While compiling the node, for then 8.12.x and 9.0 release I “suddenly” get the following build error on Fedora 40:

Error: cabal: Failed to build HsOpenSSL-0.11.7.7 (which is required by
exe:demo-forwarder from cardano-tracer-0.2.3, exe:demo-acceptor from
cardano-tracer-0.2.3 and others).

Updated cabal several times, openssl-devel is installed - I’m just wondering if somebody sits in the same boat? It’s been a looong for me while since I ran into build issues I could not resolve. The solutions from posts of Jul/Dec. 2022 do not work for me here…

Thanks any advice :slight_smile:

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I had a similar problem on Ubuntu 22.

I added a constraint into the cabal.project file to force it to use the right HsOpenSSL

e.g. constraints: HsOpenSSL ==0.11.7.2

It might be different for Fedora though…

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Thanks, this acutally helps a bit. Later in the build the following errors occur:

src/Cardano/Render.hs:163:33: error: [-Wtype-equality-out-of-scope, -Werror=type-equality-out-of-scope]
    • The ‘~’ operator is out of scope.
      Assuming it to stand for an equality constraint.
    • NB: ‘~’ used to be built-in syntax but now is a regular type operator
          exported from Data.Type.Equality and Prelude.
      If you are using a custom Prelude, consider re-exporting it.
    • This will become an error in a future GHC release.
    |
163 | renderSummary :: forall f a. (a ~ Summary f, TimelineFields a, ToJSON a)
    |                                 ^

src/Cardano/Render.hs:225:14: error: [-Wtype-equality-out-of-scope, -Werror=type-equality-out-of-scope]
    • The ‘~’ operator is out of scope.
      Assuming it to stand for an equality constraint.
    • NB: ‘~’ used to be built-in syntax but now is a regular type operator
          exported from Data.Type.Equality and Prelude.
      If you are using a custom Prelude, consider re-exporting it.
    • This will become an error in a future GHC release.
    |
225 |    mkFi :: f ~ CDF I
    |              ^

I guess I’ll just sit and wait for more testing.
This os followed by

Error: cabal: Failed to build locli-1.35 (which is required by exe:locli from
locli-1.35).

I personally have no clue about Haskell to decide if these are valid errors or the result of wrong build configuration…

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Fedora isn’t one of the supported platforms, so it might take a bit to get it built.