Installing compiler/nim package via Nimble fails with v1.6.12

[elcritch]

Description

Running nimble install nim@1.6.12 fails to build.

Nim Version

Tried installing it with both Nim 1.6.10 and 1.6.12. I've also got failures trying nimble install nim@#head, however it fails with a different issue.

Current Output

Verifying dependencies for nim@1.6.12
 Installing nim@1.6.12
   Building nim/compiler/nim using c backend
/private/var/folders/yp/ky1yl8tn1fjclx29ftm_68th0000gn/T/nimble_16158/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_1.6.12/compiler/modulegraphs.nim(14, 38) Warning: imported and not used: 'sequtils' [UnusedImport]
/private/var/folders/yp/ky1yl8tn1fjclx29ftm_68th0000gn/T/nimble_16158/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_1.6.12/compiler/passes.nim(17, 28) Warning: imported and not used: 'sha1' [UnusedImport]
/private/var/folders/yp/ky1yl8tn1fjclx29ftm_68th0000gn/T/nimble_16158/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_1.6.12/compiler/sighashes.nim(12, 62) Warning: imported and not used: 'packages' [UnusedImport]
/private/var/folders/yp/ky1yl8tn1fjclx29ftm_68th0000gn/T/nimble_16158/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_1.6.12/compiler/modules.nim(13, 8) Warning: imported and not used: 'astalgo' [UnusedImport]
   Building nim/nimsuggest/nimsuggest using c backend
nimsuggest.nim(141, 32) Error: undeclared identifier: 'ideExpand'
candidates (edit distance, scope distance); see '--spellSuggest': 
 (5, 7): 'SEEK_END' [var declared in std/posix_other_consts(743, 5)]
 (5, 7): 'ideChanged' [enumField declared in compiler/options.nim(188, 19)]
 (5, 7): 'ideCon' [enumField declared in compiler/options.nim(186, 22)]
 (5, 7): 'ideKnown' [enumField declared in compiler/options.nim(187, 31)]
 (5, 7): 'ideMod' [enumField declared in compiler/options.nim(186, 74)]
 (5, 7): 'ideNone' [enumField declared in compiler/options.nim(186, 5)]
 (5, 7): 'ideType' [enumField declared in compiler/options.nim(188, 31)]
 (5, 7): 'ikExpr' [enumField declared in std/parseutils(607, 5)]
 (5, 7): 'sexpInt' [enumField declared in sexp.nim(23, 5)]
    Prompt: Build failed for 'nim@1.6.12', would you like to try installing 'nim@#head' (latest unstable)? [y/N]
    Answer: n
       Tip: 8 messages have been suppressed, use --verbose to show them.
     Error: Aborting installation due to build failure

Expected Output

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Possible Solution

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Additional Information

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[elcritch]

Also, logs for nimble install nim@#devel:

   Building nim/compiler/nim using c backend
/private/var/folders/yp/ky1yl8tn1fjclx29ftm_68th0000gn/T/nimble_20135/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_#head/compiler/nim.nim(13, 13) Error: cannot open file: std/assertions

Note, I'm running on MacOS on an ARM/M1 machine with a natively compiled Nim install.

[ringabout]

@yyoncho Would you mind having a look if you happen to have some free time?

[yyoncho]

@elcritch try with the latest nimble

edit: by "the latest", I mean the one from master branch of nimble.

[elcritch]

Ok, I'll give it a try.

[elcritch]

It appears to install for me when using:

└─(02:38:40 on master)──> nim -v                                                                                    ──(Thu,Apr06)─┘
Nim Compiler Version 1.9.3 [MacOSX: arm64]
Compiled at 2023-04-02
Copyright (c) 2006-2023 by Andreas Rumpf

active boot switches: -d:release
┌─(~/projs/nims/third-party/nimscripter)─────────────────────────────────────────────(jaremycreechley@Jaremys-MacBook-Pro-2:s017)─┐
└─(02:38:48 on master)──> nimble -v                                                                                 ──(Thu,Apr06)─┘
nimble v0.14.2 compiled at 2023-04-06 09:33:39
git hash: 3575fd54a890d910ace56678aa74b4237d604175