WIP, there are no alpine aarch bindists linked with musl though. So this is a dead end.

Author: csasarak

ghc-9.4.8/Dockerfile

@@ -4,27 +4,29 @@
 # There is a workaround script, but I don't think it's worth it since alpine:3.16 is still maintained as of 9/2023.
 # If you try to upgrade and have trouble building, it may be related to the above.
 
-FROM alpine:3.16
+FROM alpine:3.17
 # Install deps for:
 # - ghc/cabal: curl gcc g++ gmp-dev ncurses-dev libffi-dev make xz tar perl zlib-dev
 # - repo clone: git
 # - static builds: zlib-static HACK(broken-ghc-musl): ncurses-static
 # - random haskell libraries with cbits (basement): binutils-gold
 # - to use embedded binaries in development (ie themis): libc6-compat
 # - for nix installation via github action cachix/install-nix-action: sudo
-RUN apk --no-cache add binutils-gold curl gcc g++ git gmp-dev ncurses-dev ncurses-static libffi-dev make xz tar perl zlib-dev zlib-static bash sudo libc6-compat git-lfs
+# - for running ghcup on alpine: ncurses-libs (libtinfo.so)
+RUN apk --no-cache add binutils-gold curl gcc g++ git gmp-dev ncurses-dev ncurses-static ncurses-libs libffi-dev make xz tar perl zlib-dev zlib-static bash sudo libc6-compat git-lfs
 
 # Install system deps for FOSSA CLI:
 RUN apk --no-cache add bash xz-libs xz-dev bzip2-dev bzip2-static upx curl jq
 
-# manual installation of ghcup -- the install script doesn't work headless
-RUN mkdir -p ~/.ghcup/bin && curl https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/x86_64-linux-ghcup > ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup && chmod +x ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup
+ENV BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE=1
+ENV BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_MINIMAL=1
+RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh
 ENV PATH="/root/.cabal/bin:/root/.ghcup/bin:$PATH"
 
 RUN ghcup install ghc 9.4.8
 
 RUN ghcup set ghc 9.4.8
-RUN ghcup install cabal 3.10.2.0
+RUN ghcup install cabal 3.10.3.0
 
 # Sets USER environment to overcome issue, as described in:
 # https://github.com/cachix/install-nix-action/issues/122