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9510 :: Selecting/installing older nim package on FreeBSD

• drkameleon (orginal) [2022-10-07T13:09:43+02:00] view original

  Since the issues with Nim 1.6.8 (https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/9495), I have been forced to stick to 1.6.6 - until further notice, that is.

  However, since I have CI actions using the default (1.6.8) package, now I'm struggling with moving back to 1.6.6. Especially with FreeBSD.

  My current workflow is here: https://github.com/arturo-lang/arturo/blob/master/.github/workflows/freebsd.yml#L50

  Basically, I'm installing Nim via pkg install nim ... (which pulls 1.6.8).

  I've tried with nim-1.6.6 or something along these lines, but without any effect. And obviously, I have no idea how FreeBSD's package system works.

  Is there any easier way to do what I'm trying to or will I have to "manually" build the previous one?

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• sls1005 (orginal) [2022-10-07T18:22:37+02:00] view original

  I don't know how pkg works. But it's not hard to rebuild the compiler.

  nim c --os:freebsd --compileOnly --nimcache:. nim.nim
  gcc -c *.nim.c
  gcc *.o -o nim
  Run

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• thindil (orginal) [2022-10-07T18:48:01+02:00] view original

  FreeBSD doesn't store older versions of packages. If you want to use an older one, you have to build it from ports, install as package and then lock the package, so the system will not upgrade it. In your situation, that could be a huge overkill. Thus, probably the best option is to build from source, store somewhere and then download, so CI doesn't need to rebuild the compiler every time.

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• sls1005 (orginal) [2022-10-08T05:43:23+02:00] view original

  Note that when building a self-hosted compiler, you have to compile it twice. Build the source again with the compiler you just bulit, thus to prevent bugs.

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• Araq (orginal) [2022-10-08T09:51:42+02:00] view original

  Actually you have to use the koch tool to do it...

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• nealie (orginal) [2022-10-08T12:03:39+02:00] view original

  In the past I've been able to use ports-mgmt/portdowngrade to downgrade ports to older versions. I haven't used this in a while, so I don't know if it still works since the move to git, but it might be worth a go.

  Failing that, you could just patch the lang/nim port to use the previous version. The diff is here: https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=97fa651b911b8fdea521278404dbcd3378ea2415

  Another option might be to use the quarterly package branch instead of latest as it might still have the last version, since I only updated the port a week or so ago.

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