Disable sdist build on mac and Windows

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ preinstall: &preinstall
         #apt-get install -y ghc-8.10.4
         #apt-get install -y cabal-install-3.4
 
+        # If you have a configure.ac script and have sdist build enabled
+        apt-get install -y autoconf
+
         # required for outbound https for stack and for stack setup
         apt-get install -y netbase xz-utils make
         apt-get install -y zlib1g-dev

.github/workflows/packcheck.yml

@@ -171,9 +171,13 @@ jobs:
             runner: macos-latest
             command: cabal
             ghc_version: 9.12.4
+            # autoreconf required by SDIST build when a configure script
+            # is present, is not available by default on Windows, so
+            # disable it.
             # WARNING! cannot use # comments inside pack_options.
             pack_options: >-
               CABAL_PROJECT=cabal.project
+              DISABLE_SDIST_BUILD=y
 
           - name: ci
             runner: ubuntu-latest
@@ -212,8 +216,10 @@ jobs:
             runner: windows-latest
             command: cabal
             ghc_version: 9.14.1
+            # On Windows, DISABLE_SDIST_BUILD is useful for (1) avoiding
+            # path length restriction, (2) avoid installing autoreconf
+            # for configure builds.
             # WARNING! cannot use # comments inside pack_options.
-            # DISABLE_SDIST_BUILD for shorter paths on Windows
             pack_options: >-
               DISABLE_SDIST_BUILD="y"
               CABAL_PROJECT=cabal.project

README.md

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Easiest way to try it out is to download the `packcheck.sh` script and run
 it from within your Haskell package repo locally.
 
 ```bash
-packcheck.sh cabal
+curl -sLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/composewell/packcheck/master/packcheck.sh
+bash packcheck.sh cabal
 ```
 
 ### Running in GitHub Actions

appveyor.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ environment:
     # DISABLE_BENCH: "y"
     # DISABLE_DOCS: "y"
     # DISABLE_DIST_CHECKS: "y"
-    # DISABLE_SDIST_BUILD: "y"
+    # On Windows, DISABLE_SDIST_BUILD is useful for (1) avoiding
+    # path length restriction, (2) avoid installing autoreconf
+    # for configure builds.
+    DISABLE_SDIST_BUILD: "y"
     # Note: these require the "diff" utility.
     # DISABLE_SDIST_GIT_CHECK: "y"
     DISABLE_SDIST_PROJECT_CHECK: "y"

configure.ac

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Input file for autoconf to generate the configure script.
+
+# See https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf.html for help on
+# the macros used in this file.
+
+AC_INIT([packcheck], [0.7.1], [streamly@composewell.com], [streamly], [https://streamly.composewell.com])
+
+# To suppress "WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-compiler"
+AC_ARG_WITH([compiler], [GHC])
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Output
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config.h])
+AC_OUTPUT

packcheck.cabal

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+cabal-version: 2.2
 name:               packcheck
 version:            0.7.1
 synopsis:           Universal build and CI testing for Haskell packages
@@ -27,32 +28,28 @@ description:
 
 homepage:            https://github.com/composewell/packcheck
 bug-reports:         https://github.com/composewell/packcheck/issues
-license:             BSD3
+license:             BSD-3-Clause
 license-file:        LICENSE
 tested-with:
     GHC==9.14.1
   , GHC==9.12.4
   , GHC==9.10.3
   , GHC==9.8.4
   , GHC==9.6.3
-  , GHC==9.4.8
-  , GHC==9.2.8
-  , GHC==9.0.1
-  , GHC==8.10.7
 author:              Harendra Kumar
 maintainer:          harendra.kumar@gmail.com
 copyright:           2017 Harendra Kumar
 category:            Testing, CI
 stability:           Experimental
 build-type:          Simple
-cabal-version:       1.18
 
 extra-doc-files:
     Changelog.md
     MAINTAINING.md
     README.md
 
 extra-source-files:
+    configure.ac
     packcheck.sh
     packcheck-remote.sh