Try Travis config with caching

Author: tibbe

.travis.yml

@@ -1,28 +1,70 @@
-# The following enables several GHC versions to be tested; often it's enough to test only against the last release in a major GHC version. Feel free to omit lines listings versions you don't need/want testing for.
-env:
- - CABALVER=1.18 GHCVER=7.6.3
- - CABALVER=1.18 GHCVER=7.8.3
- - CABALVER=1.22 GHCVER=7.10.1
- - CABALVER=head GHCVER=head   # see section about GHC HEAD snapshots
-
-# Note: the distinction between `before_install` and `install` is not important.
+# This file has been generated -- see https://github.com/hvr/multi-ghc-travis
+language: c
+sudo: false
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.cabsnap
+    - $HOME/.cabal/packages
+
+before_cache:
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/build-reports.log
+  - rm -fv $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - env: CABALVER=1.16 GHCVER=7.6.3
+      compiler: ": #GHC 7.6.3"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.16,ghc-7.6.3], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - env: CABALVER=1.18 GHCVER=7.8.4
+      compiler: ": #GHC 7.8.4"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.18,ghc-7.8.4], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+    - env: CABALVER=1.22 GHCVER=7.10.1
+      compiler: ": #GHC 7.10.1"
+      addons: {apt: {packages: [cabal-install-1.22,ghc-7.10.1], sources: [hvr-ghc]}}
+
 before_install:
- - travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:hvr/ghc
- - travis_retry sudo apt-get update
- - travis_retry sudo apt-get install cabal-install-$CABALVER ghc-$GHCVER # see note about happy/alex
+ - unset CC
  - export PATH=/opt/ghc/$GHCVER/bin:/opt/cabal/$CABALVER/bin:$PATH
 
 install:
  - cabal --version
  - echo "$(ghc --version) [$(ghc --print-project-git-commit-id 2> /dev/null || echo '?')]"
- - travis_retry cabal update
- - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks
+ - if [ -f $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz ];
+   then
+     zcat $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar.gz >
+          $HOME/.cabal/packages/hackage.haskell.org/00-index.tar;
+   fi
+ - travis_retry cabal update -v
+ - sed -i 's/^jobs:/-- jobs:/' ${HOME}/.cabal/config
+ - cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks --dry -v > installplan.txt
+ - sed -i -e '1,/^Resolving /d' installplan.txt; cat installplan.txt
 
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-   - env: CABALVER=head GHCVER=head
+# check whether current requested install-plan matches cached package-db snapshot
+ - if diff -u installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/installplan.txt;
+   then
+     echo "cabal build-cache HIT";
+     rm -rfv .ghc;
+     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc $HOME/.ghc;
+     cp -a $HOME/.cabsnap/lib $HOME/.cabsnap/share $HOME/.cabsnap/bin $HOME/.cabal/;
+   else
+     echo "cabal build-cache MISS";
+     rm -rf $HOME/.cabsnap;
+     mkdir -p $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin;
+     cabal install --only-dependencies --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks;
+   fi
+ 
+# snapshot package-db on cache miss
+ - if [ ! -d $HOME/.cabsnap ];
+   then
+      echo "snapshotting package-db to build-cache";
+      mkdir $HOME/.cabsnap;
+      cp -a $HOME/.ghc $HOME/.cabsnap/ghc;
+      cp -a $HOME/.cabal/lib $HOME/.cabal/share $HOME/.cabal/bin installplan.txt $HOME/.cabsnap/;
+   fi
 
-# Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test; any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
+# Here starts the actual work to be performed for the package under test;
+# any command which exits with a non-zero exit code causes the build to fail.
 script:
  - if [ -f configure.ac ]; then autoreconf -i; fi
  - cabal configure --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks -v2  # -v2 provides useful information for debugging
@@ -31,12 +73,10 @@ script:
  - cabal check
  - cabal sdist   # tests that a source-distribution can be generated
 
-# The following scriptlet checks that the resulting source distribution can be built & installed
- - export SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2 ".tar.gz";exit}') ;
-   cd dist/;
-   if [ -f "$SRC_TGZ" ]; then
-      cabal install --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ";
-   else
-      echo "expected '$SRC_TGZ' not found";
-      exit 1;
-   fi
+# Check that the resulting source distribution can be built & installed.
+# If there are no other `.tar.gz` files in `dist`, this can be even simpler:
+# `cabal install --force-reinstalls dist/*-*.tar.gz`
+ - SRC_TGZ=$(cabal info . | awk '{print $2;exit}').tar.gz &&
+   (cd dist && cabal install --force-reinstalls "$SRC_TGZ")
+
+# EOF

ekg-core.cabal

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ category:            System
 build-type:          Simple
 extra-source-files:  CHANGES.md
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
+tested-with:         GHC == 7.10.1, GHC == 7.8.4, GHC == 7.6.3
 
 library
   exposed-modules: