Windows support

2021-05-21 17:10:22 +02:00
38 changed files with 16781 additions and 15565 deletions
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ variables:
  variables:
    OS: "LINUX"
    ARCH: "64"
-    CABAL_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"

 .alpine:64bit:
  image: "alpine:3.12"
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ variables:
  variables:
    OS: "LINUX"
    ARCH: "64"
-    CABAL_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"

 .alpine:32bit:
  image: "i386/alpine:3.12"
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@ variables:
  variables:
    OS: "LINUX"
    ARCH: "32"
-    CABAL_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"

 .linux:armv7:
  image: "arm32v7/fedora"
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ variables:
  variables:
    OS: "LINUX"
    ARCH: "ARM"
-    CABAL_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"

 .linux:aarch64:
  image: "arm64v8/fedora"
@@ -56,7 +52,6 @@ variables:
  variables:
    OS: "LINUX"
    ARCH: "ARM64"
-    CABAL_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"

 .darwin:
  tags:
@@ -64,15 +59,6 @@ variables:
  variables:
    OS: "DARWIN"
    ARCH: "64"
-    CABAL_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"
-
-.darwin:aarch64:
-  tags:
-    - aarch64-darwin-m1
-  variables:
-    OS: "DARWIN"
-    ARCH: "ARM64"
-    CABAL_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"

 .freebsd:
  tags:
@@ -80,25 +66,22 @@ variables:
  variables:
    OS: "FREEBSD"
    ARCH: "64"
-    CABAL_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"
-
-.windows:
-  tags:
-    - new-x86_64-windows
-  variables:
-    OS: "WINDOWS"
-    ARCH: "64"
-    CABAL_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"

 .root_cleanup:
  after_script:
-    - bash ./.gitlab/after_script.sh
+    - BUILD_DIR=$CI_PROJECT_DIR
+    - echo "Cleaning $BUILD_DIR"
+    - cd $HOME
+    - test -n "$BUILD_DIR"
+    - shopt -s extglob
+    - rm -Rf "$BUILD_DIR"/!(out)
+    - exit 0

 .test_ghcup_version:
  script:
-    - bash ./.gitlab/script/ghcup_version.sh
+    - ./.gitlab/script/ghcup_version.sh
  variables:
-    JSON_VERSION: "0.0.5"
+    JSON_VERSION: "0.0.4"
  artifacts:
    expire_in: 2 week
    paths:
@@ -141,14 +124,6 @@ variables:
  before_script:
    - ./.gitlab/before_script/darwin/install_deps.sh

-.test_ghcup_version:darwin:aarch64:
-  extends:
-    - .test_ghcup_version
-    - .darwin:aarch64
-    - .root_cleanup
-  before_script:
-    - ./.gitlab/before_script/darwin/install_deps.sh
-
 .test_ghcup_version:freebsd:
  extends:
    - .test_ghcup_version
@@ -157,18 +132,9 @@ variables:
  before_script:
    - ./.gitlab/before_script/freebsd/install_deps.sh

-.test_ghcup_version:windows:
-  extends:
-    - .test_ghcup_version
-    - .windows
-    - .root_cleanup
-  before_script:
-    - set CABAL_DIR="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/cabal"
-    - bash ./.gitlab/before_script/windows/install_deps.sh
-
 .release_ghcup:
  script:
-    - bash ./.gitlab/script/ghcup_release.sh
+    - ./.gitlab/script/ghcup_release.sh
  artifacts:
    expire_in: 2 week
    paths:
@@ -176,7 +142,7 @@ variables:
  only:
    - tags
  variables:
-    JSON_VERSION: "0.0.5"
+    JSON_VERSION: "0.0.4"

 ######## stack test ########

@@ -199,7 +165,7 @@ test:linux:bootstrap_script:
  script:
    - ./.gitlab/script/ghcup_bootstrap.sh
  variables:
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"
  extends:
    - .debian
@@ -211,7 +177,7 @@ test:linux:recommended:
  stage: test
  extends: .test_ghcup_version:linux
  variables:
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"
  needs: []

@@ -219,7 +185,7 @@ test:linux:latest:
  stage: test
  extends: .test_ghcup_version:linux
  variables:
-    GHC_VERSION: "9.0.1"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"
  needs: []

@@ -229,7 +195,7 @@ test:linux:recommended:32bit:
  stage: test
  extends: .test_ghcup_version:linux32
  variables:
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.2.0.0"
  needs: []

@@ -267,15 +233,7 @@ test:mac:latest:
  stage: test
  extends: .test_ghcup_version:darwin
  variables:
-    GHC_VERSION: "9.0.1"
-    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"
-  needs: []
-
-test:mac:recommended:aarch64:
-  stage: test
-  extends: .test_ghcup_version:darwin:aarch64
-  variables:
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"
  needs: []

@@ -292,16 +250,17 @@ test:freebsd:recommended:
  when: manual
  needs: []

-######## windows test ########
-
-test:windows:recommended:
+test:freebsd:latest:
  stage: test
-  extends: .test_ghcup_version:windows
+  extends: .test_ghcup_version:freebsd
  variables:
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"
+  allow_failure: true # freebsd runners are unreliable
+  when: manual
  needs: []

+
 ######## linux release ########

 release:linux:64bit:
@@ -314,7 +273,7 @@ release:linux:64bit:
    - ./.gitlab/before_script/linux/alpine/install_deps.sh
  variables:
    ARTIFACT: "x86_64-linux-ghcup"
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"


@@ -328,7 +287,7 @@ release:linux:32bit:
    - ./.gitlab/before_script/linux/alpine/install_deps.sh
  variables:
    ARTIFACT: "i386-linux-ghcup"
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.2.0.0"

 release:linux:armv7:
@@ -370,22 +329,7 @@ release:darwin:
    - ./.gitlab/before_script/darwin/install_deps.sh
  variables:
    ARTIFACT: "x86_64-apple-darwin-ghcup"
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
-    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"
-    MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "10.7"
-
-release:darwin:aarch64:
-  stage: release
-  needs: ["test:mac:recommended:aarch64"]
-  extends:
-    - .darwin:aarch64
-    - .release_ghcup
-    - .root_cleanup
-  before_script:
-    - ./.gitlab/before_script/darwin/install_deps.sh
-  variables:
-    ARTIFACT: "aarch64-apple-darwin-ghcup"
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"
    MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "10.7"

@@ -394,7 +338,7 @@ release:darwin:aarch64:

 release:freebsd:
  stage: release
-  needs: ["test:freebsd:recommended"]
+  needs: ["test:freebsd:recommended", "test:freebsd:latest"]
  extends:
    - .freebsd
    - .release_ghcup
@@ -403,24 +347,9 @@ release:freebsd:
    - ./.gitlab/before_script/freebsd/install_deps.sh
  variables:
    ARTIFACT: "x86_64-portbld-freebsd-ghcup"
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"

-######## windows release ########
-
-release:windows:
-  stage: release
-  needs: ["test:windows:recommended"]
-  extends:
-    - .windows
-    - .release_ghcup
-    - .root_cleanup
-  before_script:
-    - bash ./.gitlab/before_script/windows/install_deps.sh
-  variables:
-    ARTIFACT: "x86_64-mingw64-ghcup"
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
-    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"

 ######## hlint ########

@@ -433,7 +362,7 @@ hlint:
  script:
    - ./.gitlab/script/hlint.sh
  variables:
-    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.5"
+    GHC_VERSION: "8.10.4"
    CABAL_VERSION: "3.4.0.0"
    JSON_VERSION: "0.0.4"
  allow_failure: true
--- a/.gitlab/after_script.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/after_script.sh
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -eux
-
-BUILD_DIR=$CI_PROJECT_DIR
-echo "Cleaning $BUILD_DIR"
-cd $HOME
-test -n "$BUILD_DIR"
-shopt -s extglob
-rm -Rf "$BUILD_DIR"/!(out)
-if [ "${OS}" = "WINDOWS" ] ; then
-	rm -Rf /c/ghcup
-fi
-
-exit 0
--- a/.gitlab/before_script/darwin/install_deps.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/before_script/darwin/install_deps.sh
@@ -6,34 +6,12 @@ set -eux

 mkdir -p "${TMPDIR}"

-if [ $ARCH = 'ARM64' ] ; then
-	curl -L -O https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
-	tar -xf ghc-*.tar.*
-	cd ghc-*
-	./configure --prefix="${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}"/.ghcup/ghc/8.10.5
-	make install
-	for i in "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}"/.ghcup/ghc/8.10.5/bin/*-8.10.5 ; do
-		ln -s "${i}" "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}"/.ghcup/bin/${i##*/}
-	done
-	for x in "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}"/.ghcup/bin/*-8.10.5 ; do
-		ln -s ${x##*/} ${x%-8.10.5}
-	done
-	unset x i
-	cd ..
-	rm -rf ghc-8.10.5 ghc-*.tar.*
+curl -sSfL https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/x86_64-apple-darwin-ghcup > ./ghcup-bin
+chmod +x ghcup-bin

-	curl -L -O https://github.com/haskell/cabal/files/6617482/cabal-install-3.5-arm64-darwin-11.4-bootstrapped.tar.gz
-	tar xf cabal-install-*
-	mv cabal "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}"/.ghcup/bin/cabal
-	rm -rf cabal-install
-else
-	curl -sSfL https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/x86_64-apple-darwin-ghcup > ./ghcup-bin
-	chmod +x ghcup-bin
-
-	./ghcup-bin upgrade -i -f
-	./ghcup-bin install ${GHC_VERSION}
-	./ghcup-bin set ${GHC_VERSION}
-	./ghcup-bin install-cabal ${CABAL_VERSION}
-fi
+./ghcup-bin upgrade -i -f
+./ghcup-bin install ${GHC_VERSION}
+./ghcup-bin set ${GHC_VERSION}
+./ghcup-bin install-cabal ${CABAL_VERSION}

 exit 0
--- a/.gitlab/before_script/windows/install_deps.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/before_script/windows/install_deps.sh
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -eux
-
-. "$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )/../../ghcup_env"
-
-mkdir -p "${TMPDIR}" "${CABAL_DIR}"
-
-mkdir -p "$GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX/ghcup/bin"
-
-CI_PROJECT_DIR=$(pwd)
-curl -o ghcup.exe https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/tmp/x86_64-mingw64-ghcup-9.exe
-chmod +x ghcup.exe
-
-./ghcup.exe install ${GHC_VERSION}
-./ghcup.exe set ${GHC_VERSION}
-./ghcup.exe install-cabal ${CABAL_VERSION}
-
-rm ./ghcup.exe
-
-exit 0
--- a/.gitlab/ghcup_env
+++ b/.gitlab/ghcup_env
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-if [ "${OS}" = "WINDOWS" ] ; then
-	export GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX="$CI_PROJECT_DIR"
-	export PATH="$GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX/ghcup/bin:$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.local/bin:$PATH"
-	export TMPDIR="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/tmp"
-else
-	export GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX="$CI_PROJECT_DIR"
-	export PATH="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.ghcup/bin:$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.local/bin:$PATH"
-	export TMPDIR="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/tmp"
-fi
+export GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX="$CI_PROJECT_DIR"
+export PATH="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.ghcup/bin:$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.local/bin:$PATH"
+export TMPDIR="$CI_PROJECT_DIR/tmp"
--- a/.gitlab/script/ghcup_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/script/ghcup_bootstrap.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -eux
 mkdir -p "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/.local/bin

 ecabal() {
-	cabal "$@"
+	cabal --store-dir="$(pwd)"/.store "$@"
 }

 eghcup() {
--- a/.gitlab/script/ghcup_release.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/script/ghcup_release.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -eux
 mkdir -p "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/.local/bin

 ecabal() {
-	cabal "$@"
+	cabal --store-dir="$(pwd)"/.store "$@"
 }

 git describe
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ if [ "${OS}" = "LINUX" ] ; then
 		ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -ftui
 	fi
 elif [ "${OS}" = "FREEBSD" ] ; then
-	ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} --ghc-options='-split-sections' --constraint="zlib +bundled-c-zlib" --constraint="zip +disable-zstd" -ftui
-elif [ "${OS}" = "WINDOWS" ] ; then
-	ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} --constraint="zlib +bundled-c-zlib" --constraint="lzma +static"
+	ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} --ghc-options='-split-sections' --constraint="zlib +bundled-c-zlib" -ftui
 else
 	ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} --constraint="zlib +bundled-c-zlib" --constraint="lzma +static" -ftui
 fi
--- a/.gitlab/script/ghcup_version.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/script/ghcup_version.sh
@@ -6,18 +6,12 @@ set -eux

 mkdir -p "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/.local/bin

-CI_PROJECT_DIR=$(pwd)
-
 ecabal() {
-	cabal "$@"
+	cabal --store-dir="$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/.store "$@"
 }

 eghcup() {
-	if [ "${OS}" = "WINDOWS" ] ; then
-		ghcup -v -c -s file:/$CI_PROJECT_DIR/ghcup-${JSON_VERSION}.yaml "$@"
-	else
-		ghcup -v -c -s file://$CI_PROJECT_DIR/ghcup-${JSON_VERSION}.yaml "$@"
-	fi
+	ghcup -v -c -s file://$CI_PROJECT_DIR/ghcup-${JSON_VERSION}.yaml "$@"
 }

 git describe --always
@@ -34,42 +28,30 @@ ecabal update
 if [ "${OS}" = "DARWIN" ] ; then
 	ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -ftui
 	ecabal test -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -ftui ghcup-test
-	ecabal haddock -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -ftui
 elif [ "${OS}" = "LINUX" ] ; then
 	if [ "${ARCH}" = "32" ] ; then
 		ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui -ftar
 		ecabal test -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui -ftar ghcup-test
-		ecabal haddock -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui -ftar
 	else
 		ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui
 		ecabal test -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui ghcup-test
-		ecabal haddock -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui
 	fi
-elif [ "${OS}" = "FREEBSD" ] ; then
-	ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui --constraint="zip +disable-zstd"
-	ecabal test -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui --constraint="zip +disable-zstd" ghcup-test
-	ecabal haddock -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui --constraint="zip +disable-zstd"
-elif [ "${OS}" = "WINDOWS" ] ; then
-	ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION}
-	ecabal test -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} ghcup-test
-	ecabal haddock -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION}
 else
 	ecabal build -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui
 	ecabal test -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui ghcup-test
-	ecabal haddock -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -finternal-downloader -ftui
 fi

+ecabal haddock -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} -ftar

-cp "$(ecabal new-exec -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} --verbose=0 --offline sh -- -c 'command -v ghcup')" "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/.local/bin/ghcup
-cp "$(ecabal new-exec -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} --verbose=0 --offline sh -- -c 'command -v ghcup-gen')" "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/.local/bin/ghcup-gen
+cp "$(ecabal new-exec -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} --verbose=0 --offline sh -- -c 'command -v ghcup')" .
+cp "$(ecabal new-exec -w ghc-${GHC_VERSION} --verbose=0 --offline sh -- -c 'command -v ghcup-gen')" .
+
+cp ./ghcup "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/.local/bin/ghcup
+cp ./ghcup-gen "$CI_PROJECT_DIR"/.local/bin/ghcup-gen

 ### cleanup

-if [ "${OS}" = "WINDOWS" ] ; then
-	rm -rf "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}"/ghcup
-else
-	rm -rf "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}"/.ghcup
-fi
+rm -rf "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}"/.ghcup


 ### manual cli based testing
@@ -93,11 +75,9 @@ eghcup list -t cabal

 ghc_ver=$(ghc --numeric-version)
 ghc --version
-ghc-${ghc_ver} --version
-if [ "${OS}" != "WINDOWS" ] ; then
-		ghci --version
-		ghci-${ghc_ver} --version
-fi
+ghci --version
+ghc-$(ghc --numeric-version) --version
+ghci-$(ghc --numeric-version) --version


 # test installing new ghc doesn't mess with currently set GHC
@@ -109,11 +89,7 @@ else # test wget a bit
 fi
 [ "$(ghc --numeric-version)" = "${ghc_ver}" ]
 eghcup set 8.10.3
-eghcup list
-which ghc
 eghcup set 8.10.3
-eghcup list
-which ghc
 [ "$(ghc --numeric-version)" = "8.10.3" ]
 eghcup set ${GHC_VERSION}
 [ "$(ghc --numeric-version)" = "${ghc_ver}" ]
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@

 ## 0.1.15 -- ????-??-??

-* Add windows support wrt [#130](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/130)
 * Add date to GHC bindist names created by ghcup
 * Warn when /tmp doesn't have 5GB or more of disk space
 * Allow to compile GHC from git repo wrt [#126](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/126)
-* Allow to set custom ghc version when running 'ghcup compile ghc' wrt [#136](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/136)
 * Add stack support

 ## 0.1.14.2 -- 2021-05-12
--- a/app/ghcup-gen/Main.hs
+++ b/app/ghcup-gen/Main.hs
@@ -69,15 +69,13 @@ tarballFilterP = option readm $
  long "tarball-filter" <> short 'u' <> metavar "<tool>-<version>" <> value def
    <> help "Only check certain tarballs (format: <tool>-<version>)"
  where
-    def = TarballFilter (Right Nothing) (makeRegex ("" :: String))
+    def = TarballFilter Nothing (makeRegex ("" :: String))
    readm = do
      s <- str
      case span (/= '-') s of
        (_, []) -> fail "invalid format, missing '-' after the tool name"
        (t, v) | [tool] <- [ tool | tool <- [minBound..maxBound], low (show tool) == low t ] ->
-          pure (TarballFilter $ Right $ Just tool) <*> makeRegexOptsM compIgnoreCase execBlank (drop 1 v)
-        (t, v) | [tool] <- [ tool | tool <- [minBound..maxBound], low (show tool) == low t ] ->
-          pure (TarballFilter $ Left tool) <*> makeRegexOptsM compIgnoreCase execBlank (drop 1 v)
+          pure (TarballFilter $ Just tool) <*> makeRegexOptsM compIgnoreCase execBlank (drop 1 v)
        _ -> fail "invalid tool"
    low = fmap toLower

@@ -107,21 +105,26 @@ main :: IO ()
 main = do
  _ <- customExecParser (prefs showHelpOnError) (info (opts <**> helper) idm)
    >>= \Options {..} -> case optCommand of
-          ValidateYAML vopts -> withValidateYamlOpts vopts validate
-          ValidateTarballs vopts tarballFilter -> withValidateYamlOpts vopts (validateTarballs tarballFilter)
+          ValidateYAML vopts -> case vopts of
+            ValidateYAMLOpts { vInput = Nothing } ->
+              B.getContents >>= valAndExit validate
+            ValidateYAMLOpts { vInput = Just StdInput } ->
+              B.getContents >>= valAndExit validate
+            ValidateYAMLOpts { vInput = Just (FileInput file) } ->
+              B.readFile file >>= valAndExit validate
+          ValidateTarballs vopts tarballFilter -> case vopts of
+            ValidateYAMLOpts { vInput = Nothing } ->
+              B.getContents >>= valAndExit (validateTarballs tarballFilter)
+            ValidateYAMLOpts { vInput = Just StdInput } ->
+              B.getContents >>= valAndExit (validateTarballs tarballFilter)
+            ValidateYAMLOpts { vInput = Just (FileInput file) } ->
+              B.readFile file >>= valAndExit (validateTarballs tarballFilter)
  pure ()

 where
-  withValidateYamlOpts vopts f = case vopts of
-    ValidateYAMLOpts { vInput = Nothing } ->
-      B.getContents >>= valAndExit f
-    ValidateYAMLOpts { vInput = Just StdInput } ->
-      B.getContents >>= valAndExit f
-    ValidateYAMLOpts { vInput = Just (FileInput file) } ->
-      B.readFile file >>= valAndExit f
  valAndExit f contents = do
-    (GHCupInfo _ av gt) <- case Y.decodeEither' contents of
+    (GHCupInfo _ av) <- case Y.decodeEither' contents of
      Right r -> pure r
      Left  e -> die (color Red $ show e)
-    myLoggerT (LoggerConfig True (B.hPut stdout) (\_ -> pure ())) (f av gt)
+    myLoggerT (LoggerConfig True (B.hPut stdout) (\_ -> pure ())) (f av)
      >>= exitWith
--- a/app/ghcup-gen/Validate.hs
+++ b/app/ghcup-gen/Validate.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ module Validate where
 import           GHCup
 import           GHCup.Download
 import           GHCup.Errors
-import           GHCup.Platform
 import           GHCup.Types
 import           GHCup.Types.Optics
 import           GHCup.Utils
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import qualified Codec.Archive.Tar             as Tar
 #else
 import           Codec.Archive
 #endif
-import           Control.Applicative
 import           Control.Exception.Safe
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Control.Monad.IO.Class
@@ -68,9 +66,8 @@ addError = do

 validate :: (Monad m, MonadLogger m, MonadThrow m, MonadIO m, MonadUnliftIO m)
         => GHCupDownloads
-         -> M.Map GlobalTool DownloadInfo
         -> m ExitCode
-validate dls _ = do
+validate dls = do
  ref <- liftIO $ newIORef 0

  -- verify binary downloads --
@@ -184,7 +181,7 @@ validate dls _ = do
  isBase _        = False

 data TarballFilter = TarballFilter
-  { tfTool    :: Either GlobalTool (Maybe Tool)
+  { tfTool    :: Maybe Tool
  , tfVersion :: Regex
  }

@@ -194,23 +191,22 @@ validateTarballs :: ( Monad m
                    , MonadIO m
                    , MonadUnliftIO m
                    , MonadMask m
-                    , Alternative m
-                    , MonadFail m
                    )
                 => TarballFilter
                 -> GHCupDownloads
-                 -> M.Map GlobalTool DownloadInfo
                 -> m ExitCode
-validateTarballs (TarballFilter etool versionRegex) dls gt = do
+validateTarballs (TarballFilter tool versionRegex) dls = do
  ref <- liftIO $ newIORef 0

  flip runReaderT ref $ do
     -- download/verify all tarballs
-    let dlis = either (const []) (\tool -> nubOrd $ dls ^.. each %& indices (maybe (const True) (==) tool) %> each %& indices (matchTest versionRegex . T.unpack . prettyVer) % (viSourceDL % _Just `summing` viArch % each % each % each)) etool
-    let gdlis = nubOrd $ gt ^.. each
-    let allDls = either (const gdlis) (const dlis) etool
-    when (null allDls) $ $(logError) [i|no tarballs selected by filter|] *> addError
-    forM_ allDls downloadAll
+    let dlis = nubOrd $ dls ^.. each
+          %& indices (maybe (const True) (==) tool) %> each
+          %& indices (matchTest versionRegex . T.unpack . prettyVer)
+          % (viSourceDL % _Just `summing` viArch % each % each % each)
+    when (null dlis) $ $(logError) [i|no tarballs selected by filter|] *> addError
+
+    forM_ dlis downloadAll

    -- exit
    e <- liftIO $ readIORef ref
@@ -227,21 +223,11 @@ validateTarballs (TarballFilter etool versionRegex) dls gt = do
                                     }
  downloadAll dli = do
    dirs <- liftIO getDirs
-
-    pfreq <- (
-      runLogger . runE @'[NoCompatiblePlatform, NoCompatibleArch, DistroNotFound] . liftE $ platformRequest
-      ) >>= \case
-              VRight r -> pure r
-              VLeft e -> do
-                lift $ runLogger
-                  ($(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow e)
-                liftIO $ exitWith (ExitFailure 2)
-
-    let appstate = AppState (Settings True False Never Curl False GHCupURL) dirs defaultKeyBindings (GHCupInfo mempty mempty mempty) pfreq
+    let settings = AppState (Settings True False Never Curl False GHCupURL) dirs defaultKeyBindings

    r <-
      runLogger
-      . flip runReaderT appstate
+      . flip runReaderT settings
      . runResourceT
      . runE @'[DigestError
               , DownloadFailed
@@ -253,21 +239,19 @@ validateTarballs (TarballFilter etool versionRegex) dls gt = do
 #endif
               ]
      $ do
-        case etool of
-          Right (Just GHCup) -> do
-            tmpUnpack <- lift mkGhcupTmpDir
-            _ <- liftE $ download (settings appstate) dli tmpUnpack Nothing
+        case tool of
+          Just GHCup -> do
+            let fn = "ghcup"
+            dir <- liftIO ghcupCacheDir
+            p <- liftE $ download dli dir (Just fn)
+            liftE $ checkDigest dli p
            pure Nothing
-          Right _ -> do
-            p <- liftE $ downloadCached (settings appstate) dirs dli Nothing
+          _ -> do
+            p <- liftE $ downloadCached dli Nothing
            fmap (Just . head . splitDirectories . head)
              . liftE
              . getArchiveFiles
              $ p
-          Left ShimGen -> do
-            tmpUnpack <- lift mkGhcupTmpDir
-            _ <- liftE $ download (settings appstate) dli tmpUnpack Nothing
-            pure Nothing
    case r of
      VRight (Just basePath) -> do
        case _dlSubdir dli of
--- a/app/ghcup/BrickMain.hs
+++ b/app/ghcup/BrickMain.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell   #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications  #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns      #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes        #-}

 module BrickMain where

@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ import           Codec.Archive
 import           Control.Exception.Safe
 import           Control.Monad.Logger
 import           Control.Monad.Reader
-import           Control.Monad.Trans.Except
 import           Control.Monad.Trans.Resource
 import           Data.Bool
 import           Data.Functor
@@ -60,12 +58,11 @@ import qualified Graphics.Vty                  as Vty
 import qualified Data.Vector                   as V


-hiddenTools :: [Tool]
-hiddenTools = [Stack]
-

 data BrickData = BrickData
  { lr    :: [ListResult]
+  , dls   :: GHCupDownloads
+  , pfreq :: PlatformRequest
  }
  deriving Show

@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ keyHandlers KeyBindings {..} =
  [ (bQuit, const "Quit"     , halt)
  , (bInstall, const "Install"  , withIOAction install')
  , (bUninstall, const "Uninstall", withIOAction del')
-  , (bSet, const "Set"      , withIOAction ((liftIO .) . set'))
+  , (bSet, const "Set"      , withIOAction set')
  , (bChangelog, const "ChangeLog", withIOAction changelog')
  , ( bShowAllVersions
    , \BrickSettings {..} ->
@@ -152,7 +149,12 @@ ui dimAttrs BrickState{ appSettings = as@BrickSettings{}, ..}
      <+> minHSize 15 (str "Version")
      <+> padLeft (Pad 1) (minHSize 25 $ str "Tags")
      <+> padLeft (Pad 5) (str "Notes")
-  renderList' = withDefAttr listAttr . drawListElements renderItem True
+  renderList' = withDefAttr listAttr . drawListElements renderItem True . filterStack
+  filterStack appState'
+    | showAllTools as = appState'
+    | let v = clr appState'
+          nv = V.filter (\ListResult{..} -> lTool /= Stack) v
+    , otherwise = BrickInternalState { clr = nv, ix = ix appState' }
  renderItem _ b listResult@ListResult{..} =
    let marks = if
          | lSet       -> (withAttr "set" $ str "✔✔")
@@ -327,25 +329,21 @@ moveCursor steps ais@BrickInternalState{..} direction =

 -- | Suspend the current UI and run an IO action in terminal. If the
 -- IO action returns a Left value, then it's thrown as userError.
-withIOAction :: (BrickState
-                 -> (Int, ListResult)
-                 -> ReaderT AppState IO (Either String a))
+withIOAction :: (BrickState -> (Int, ListResult) -> IO (Either String a))
             -> BrickState
             -> EventM n (Next BrickState)
 withIOAction action as = case listSelectedElement' (appState as) of
  Nothing      -> continue as
-  Just (ix, e) -> do
-    suspendAndResume $ do
-      settings <- readIORef settings'
-      flip runReaderT settings $ action as (ix, e) >>= \case
-        Left  err -> liftIO $ putStrLn ("Error: " <> err)
-        Right _   -> liftIO $ putStrLn "Success"
-      getAppData Nothing >>= \case
-        Right data' -> do
-          putStrLn "Press enter to continue"
-          _ <- getLine
-          pure (updateList data' as)
-        Left err -> throwIO $ userError err
+  Just (ix, e) -> suspendAndResume $ do
+    action as (ix, e) >>= \case
+      Left  err -> putStrLn ("Error: " <> err)
+      Right _   -> putStrLn "Success"
+    getAppData Nothing (pfreq . appData $ as) >>= \case
+      Right data' -> do
+        putStrLn "Press enter to continue"
+        _ <- getLine
+        pure (updateList data' as)
+      Left err -> throwIO $ userError err


 -- | Update app data and list internal state based on new evidence.
@@ -366,9 +364,7 @@ constructList :: BrickData
              -> Maybe BrickInternalState
              -> BrickInternalState
 constructList appD appSettings =
-  replaceLR (filterVisible (showAllVersions appSettings)
-                           (showAllTools appSettings))
-            (lr appD)
+  replaceLR (filterVisible (showAllVersions appSettings)) (lr appD)

 listSelectedElement' :: BrickInternalState -> Maybe (Int, ListResult)
 listSelectedElement' BrickInternalState{..} = fmap (ix, ) $ clr !? ix
@@ -401,32 +397,21 @@ replaceLR filterF lr s =
    lTool e1 == lTool e2 && lVer e1 == lVer e2 && lCross e1 == lCross e2


-filterVisible :: Bool -> Bool -> ListResult -> Bool
-filterVisible v t e | lInstalled e = True
-                    | v
-                    , not t
-                    , not (elem (lTool e) hiddenTools) = True
-                    | not v
-                    , t
-                    , not (elem Old (lTag e)) = True
-                    | v
-                    , t = True
-                    | otherwise = not (elem Old (lTag e)) &&
-                                  not (elem (lTool e) hiddenTools)
+filterVisible :: Bool -> ListResult -> Bool
+filterVisible showAllVersions e | lInstalled e = True
+                                | showAllVersions = True
+                                | otherwise    = not (elem Old (lTag e))


-install' :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadIO m, MonadThrow m, MonadFail m, MonadMask m, MonadUnliftIO m)
-         => BrickState
-         -> (Int, ListResult)
-         -> m (Either String ())
-install' _ (_, ListResult {..}) = do
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- ask
-
-  l        <- liftIO $ readIORef logger'
+install' :: BrickState -> (Int, ListResult) -> IO (Either String ())
+install' BrickState { appData = BrickData {..} } (_, ListResult {..}) = do
+  settings <- readIORef settings'
+  l        <- readIORef logger'
  let runLogger = myLoggerT l

  let run =
        runLogger
+          . flip runReaderT settings
          . runResourceT
          . runE
            @'[ AlreadyInstalled
@@ -450,24 +435,24 @@ install' _ (_, ListResult {..}) = do
      case lTool of
        GHC   -> do
          let vi = getVersionInfo lVer GHC dls
-          liftE $ installGHCBin lVer $> vi
+          liftE $ installGHCBin dls lVer pfreq $> vi
        Cabal -> do
          let vi = getVersionInfo lVer Cabal dls
-          liftE $ installCabalBin lVer $> vi
+          liftE $ installCabalBin dls lVer pfreq $> vi
        GHCup -> do
          let vi = snd <$> getLatest dls GHCup
-          liftE $ upgradeGHCup Nothing False $> vi
+          liftE $ upgradeGHCup dls Nothing False pfreq $> vi
        HLS   -> do
          let vi = getVersionInfo lVer HLS dls
-          liftE $ installHLSBin lVer $> vi
+          liftE $ installHLSBin dls lVer pfreq $> vi
        Stack -> do
          let vi = getVersionInfo lVer Stack dls
-          liftE $ installStackBin lVer $> vi
+          liftE $ installStackBin dls lVer pfreq $> vi
    )
    >>= \case
          VRight vi                         -> do
            forM_ (_viPostInstall =<< vi) $ \msg ->
-              myLoggerT l $ $(logInfo) msg
+              runLogger $ $(logInfo) msg
            pure $ Right ()
          VLeft  (V (AlreadyInstalled _ _)) -> pure $ Right ()
          VLeft (V NoUpdate) -> pure $ Right ()
@@ -499,16 +484,13 @@ set' _ (_, ListResult {..}) = do
          VLeft  e -> pure $ Left (prettyShow e)


-del' :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadIO m, MonadFail m, MonadMask m, MonadUnliftIO m)
-     => BrickState
-     -> (Int, ListResult)
-     -> m (Either String ())
-del' _ (_, ListResult {..}) = do
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- ask
-
-  l <- liftIO $ readIORef logger'
+del' :: BrickState -> (Int, ListResult) -> IO (Either String ())
+del' BrickState { appData = BrickData {..} } (_, ListResult {..}) = do
+  settings <- readIORef settings'
+  l        <- readIORef logger'
  let runLogger = myLoggerT l
-  let run = myLoggerT l . runE @'[NotInstalled]
+
+  let run = runLogger . flip runReaderT settings . runE @'[NotInstalled]

  run (do
      let vi = getVersionInfo lVer lTool dls
@@ -527,12 +509,8 @@ del' _ (_, ListResult {..}) = do
          VLeft  e -> pure $ Left (prettyShow e)


-changelog' :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadIO m)
-           => BrickState
-           -> (Int, ListResult)
-           -> m (Either String ())
-changelog' _ (_, ListResult {..}) = do
-  AppState { pfreq, ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- ask
+changelog' :: BrickState -> (Int, ListResult) -> IO (Either String ())
+changelog' BrickState { appData = BrickData {..} } (_, ListResult {..}) = do
  case getChangeLog dls lTool (Left lVer) of
    Nothing -> pure $ Left
      [i|Could not find ChangeLog for #{lTool}, version #{prettyVer lVer}|]
@@ -561,8 +539,6 @@ settings' = unsafePerformIO $ do
                                })
                      dirs
                      defaultKeyBindings
-                      (GHCupInfo mempty mempty mempty)
-                      (PlatformRequest A_64 Darwin Nothing)



@@ -578,9 +554,10 @@ logger' = unsafePerformIO

 brickMain :: AppState
          -> LoggerConfig
-          -> GHCupInfo
+          -> GHCupDownloads
+          -> PlatformRequest
          -> IO ()
-brickMain s l gi = do
+brickMain s l av pfreq' = do
  writeIORef settings' s
  -- logger interpreter
  writeIORef logger'   l
@@ -588,7 +565,7 @@ brickMain s l gi = do

  no_color <- isJust <$> lookupEnv "NO_COLOR"

-  eAppData <- getAppData (Just gi)
+  eAppData <- getAppData (Just av) pfreq'
  case eAppData of
    Right ad ->
      defaultMain
@@ -609,8 +586,8 @@ defaultAppSettings :: BrickSettings
 defaultAppSettings = BrickSettings { showAllVersions = False, showAllTools = False }


-getGHCupInfo :: IO (Either String GHCupInfo)
-getGHCupInfo = do
+getDownloads' :: IO (Either String GHCupDownloads)
+getDownloads' = do
  settings <- readIORef settings'
  l        <- readIORef logger'
  let runLogger = myLoggerT l
@@ -619,25 +596,29 @@ getGHCupInfo = do
    runLogger
    . flip runReaderT settings
    . runE @'[JSONError , DownloadFailed , FileDoesNotExistError]
+    $ fmap _ghcupDownloads
    $ liftE
-    $ getDownloadsF (GT.settings settings) (GT.dirs settings)
+    $ getDownloadsF (urlSource . GT.settings $ settings)

  case r of
    VRight a -> pure $ Right a
    VLeft  e -> pure $ Left (prettyShow e)


-getAppData :: Maybe GHCupInfo
+getAppData :: Maybe GHCupDownloads
+           -> PlatformRequest
           -> IO (Either String BrickData)
-getAppData mgi = runExceptT $ do
-  l        <- liftIO $ readIORef logger'
+getAppData mg pfreq' = do
+  settings <- readIORef settings'
+  l        <- readIORef logger'
  let runLogger = myLoggerT l

-  r <- ExceptT $ maybe getGHCupInfo (pure . Right) mgi
-  liftIO $ modifyIORef settings' (\s -> s { ghcupInfo = r })
-  settings <- liftIO $ readIORef settings'
+  r <- maybe getDownloads' (pure . Right) mg

  runLogger . flip runReaderT settings $ do
-    lV <- listVersions Nothing Nothing
-    pure $ BrickData (reverse lV)
+    case r of
+      Right dls -> do
+        lV <- listVersions dls Nothing Nothing pfreq'
+        pure $ Right $ BrickData (reverse lV) dls pfreq'
+      Left e -> pure $ Left [i|#{e}|]

--- a/app/ghcup/Main.hs
+++ b/app/ghcup/Main.hs
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ import qualified Text.Megaparsec.Char          as MPC



+
+
 data Options = Options
  {
  -- global options
@@ -174,7 +176,6 @@ data GHCCompileOptions = GHCCompileOptions
  , crossTarget  :: Maybe Text
  , addConfArgs  :: [Text]
  , setCompile   :: Bool
-  , ovewrwiteVer :: Maybe Version
  }

 data UpgradeOpts = UpgradeInplace
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ com =
          (   Install
          <$> info
                (installParser <**> helper)
-                (  progDesc "Install or update GHC/cabal/HLS"
+                (  progDesc "Install or update GHC/cabal"
                <> footerDoc (Just $ text installToolFooter)
                )
          )
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ com =
           "rm"
           (info
             (Rm <$> rmParser <**> helper)
-             (  progDesc "Remove a GHC/cabal/HLS version"
+             (  progDesc "Remove a GHC/cabal version"
             <> footerDoc (Just $ text rmFooter)
             )
           )
@@ -763,15 +764,6 @@ ghcCompileOpts =
          (long "set" <> help
            "Set as active version after install"
          )
-    <*> optional
-          (option
-            (eitherReader
-              (first (const "Not a valid version") . version . T.pack)
-            )
-            (short 'o' <> long "overwrite-version" <> metavar "OVERWRITE_VERSION" <> help
-              "Allows to overwrite the finally installed VERSION with a different one, e.g. when you build 8.10.4 with your own patches, you might want to set this to '8.10.4-p1'"
-            )
-          )


 toolVersionParser :: Parser ToolVersion
@@ -815,47 +807,53 @@ versionArgument criteria tool = argument (eitherReader tVersionEither) (metavar

 tagCompleter :: Tool -> [String] -> Completer
 tagCompleter tool add = listIOCompleter $ do
-  dirs' <- liftIO getDirs
  let loggerConfig = LoggerConfig
        { lcPrintDebug = False
        , colorOutter  = mempty
        , rawOutter    = mempty
        }
-  let runLogger = myLoggerT loggerConfig
-  mGhcUpInfo <- runLogger . runE $ readFromCache dirs'
+
+      runLogger = myLoggerT loggerConfig
+
+  dirs <- getDirs
+  let simpleSettings = Settings False False Never Curl False GHCupURL
+      simpleAppState = AppState simpleSettings dirs defaultKeyBindings
+      runEnv = runLogger . flip runReaderT simpleAppState
+
+  mGhcUpInfo <- runEnv . runE $ readFromCache
+
  case mGhcUpInfo of
-    VRight ghcupInfo -> do
+    VRight dls -> do
      let allTags = filter (\t -> t /= Old)
            $ join
            $ M.elems
-            $ availableToolVersions (_ghcupDownloads ghcupInfo) tool
+            $ availableToolVersions (_ghcupDownloads dls) tool
      pure $ nub $ (add ++) $ fmap tagToString allTags
    VLeft _ -> pure  (nub $ ["recommended", "latest"] ++ add)


 versionCompleter :: Maybe ListCriteria -> Tool -> Completer
 versionCompleter criteria tool = listIOCompleter $ do
-  dirs' <- liftIO getDirs
  let loggerConfig = LoggerConfig
        { lcPrintDebug = False
        , colorOutter  = mempty
        , rawOutter    = mempty
        }
-  let runLogger = myLoggerT loggerConfig
-  mGhcUpInfo <- runLogger . runE $ readFromCache dirs'
+
+      runLogger = myLoggerT loggerConfig
+
  mpFreq <- runLogger . runE $ platformRequest
-  forFold mpFreq $ \pfreq ->
-    forFold mGhcUpInfo $ \ghcupInfo -> do
-      let appState = AppState
-            (Settings True False Never Curl False GHCupURL)
-            dirs'
-            defaultKeyBindings
-            ghcupInfo
-            pfreq

-          runEnv = runLogger . flip runReaderT appState
+  forFold mpFreq $ \pfreq -> do
+    dirs <- getDirs
+    let simpleSettings = Settings False False Never Curl False GHCupURL
+        simpleAppState = AppState simpleSettings dirs defaultKeyBindings
+        runEnv = runLogger . flip runReaderT simpleAppState

-      installedVersions <- runEnv $ listVersions (Just tool) criteria
+    mGhcUpInfo <- runEnv . runE $ readFromCache
+
+    forFold mGhcUpInfo $ \(GHCupInfo _ dls) -> do
+      installedVersions <- runEnv $ listVersions dls (Just tool) criteria pfreq
      return $ T.unpack . prettyVer . lVer <$> installedVersions


@@ -976,8 +974,9 @@ bindistParser :: String -> Either String URI
 bindistParser = first show . parseURI strictURIParserOptions . UTF8.fromString


-toSettings :: Options -> IO (Settings, KeyBindings)
+toSettings :: Options -> IO AppState
 toSettings options = do
+  dirs <- getDirs
  userConf <- runE @'[ JSONError ] ghcupConfigFile >>= \case
    VRight r -> pure r
    VLeft (V (JSONDecodeError e)) -> do
@@ -985,10 +984,10 @@ toSettings options = do
      pure defaultUserSettings
    _ -> do
      die "Unexpected error!"
-  pure $ mergeConf options userConf
+  pure $ mergeConf options dirs userConf
 where
-   mergeConf :: Options -> UserSettings -> (Settings, KeyBindings)
-   mergeConf Options{..} UserSettings{..} =
+   mergeConf :: Options -> Dirs -> UserSettings -> AppState
+   mergeConf Options{..} dirs UserSettings{..} =
     let cache       = fromMaybe (fromMaybe False uCache) optCache
         noVerify    = fromMaybe (fromMaybe False uNoVerify) optNoVerify
         verbose     = fromMaybe (fromMaybe False uVerbose) optVerbose
@@ -996,7 +995,7 @@ toSettings options = do
         downloader  = fromMaybe (fromMaybe defaultDownloader uDownloader) optsDownloader
         keyBindings = maybe defaultKeyBindings mergeKeys uKeyBindings
         urlSource   = maybe (fromMaybe GHCupURL uUrlSource) OwnSource optUrlSource
-     in (Settings {..}, keyBindings)
+     in AppState (Settings {..}) dirs keyBindings
 #if defined(INTERNAL_DOWNLOADER)
   defaultDownloader = Internal
 #else
@@ -1039,10 +1038,7 @@ upgradeOptsP =
 describe_result :: String
 describe_result = $( LitE . StringL <$>
                     runIO (do
-                             CapturedProcess{..} <-  do
-                              dirs <- liftIO getDirs
-                              let settings = AppState (Settings True False Never Curl False GHCupURL) dirs defaultKeyBindings
-                              flip runReaderT settings $ executeOut "git" ["describe"] Nothing
+                             CapturedProcess{..} <- executeOut "git" ["describe"] Nothing
                             case _exitCode of
                               ExitSuccess   -> pure . T.unpack . decUTF8Safe' $ _stdOut
                               ExitFailure _ -> pure numericVer
@@ -1052,11 +1048,6 @@ describe_result = $( LitE . StringL <$>

 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-  -- https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/8118
-  setLocaleEncoding utf8
-
-  void enableAnsiSupport
-
  let versionHelp = infoOption
        ( ("The GHCup Haskell installer, version " <>)
          (head . lines $ describe_result)
@@ -1093,76 +1084,28 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]
            (footerDoc (Just $ text main_footer))
      )
    >>= \opt@Options {..} -> do
-          dirs <- getDirs
-
-          (settings, keybindings) <- toSettings opt
+          appstate@AppState{dirs = Dirs{..}, ..} <- toSettings opt

          -- create ~/.ghcup dir
-          createDirRecursive' (baseDir dirs)
+          createDirRecursive' baseDir

          -- logger interpreter
-          logfile <- initGHCupFileLogging (logsDir dirs)
+          logfile <- flip runReaderT appstate $ initGHCupFileLogging
          let loggerConfig = LoggerConfig
                { lcPrintDebug = verbose settings
                , colorOutter  = B.hPut stderr
                , rawOutter    = B.appendFile logfile
                }
          let runLogger = myLoggerT loggerConfig
-          let siletRunLogger = myLoggerT loggerConfig { colorOutter = \_ -> pure () }
-
-          pfreq <- (
-            runLogger . runE @'[NoCompatiblePlatform, NoCompatibleArch, DistroNotFound] . liftE $ platformRequest
-            ) >>= \case
-                    VRight r -> pure r
-                    VLeft e -> do
-                      runLogger
-                        ($(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow e)
-                      exitWith (ExitFailure 2)
-
-
-
-          ----------------------------------------
-          -- Getting download and platform info --
-          ----------------------------------------
-
-          ghcupInfo <-
-            ( runLogger
-              . runE @'[JSONError , DownloadFailed, FileDoesNotExistError]
-              $ liftE
-              $ getDownloadsF settings dirs
-              )
-              >>= \case
-                    VRight r -> pure r
-                    VLeft  e -> do
-                      runLogger
-                        ($(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow e)
-                      exitWith (ExitFailure 2)
-
-          let appstate@AppState{dirs = Dirs{..}
-                               , ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls, .. }
-                               } = AppState settings dirs keybindings ghcupInfo pfreq
-
-          case optCommand of
-            Upgrade _ _ -> pure ()
-            _ -> runLogger $ flip runReaderT appstate $ checkForUpdates
-
-
-          -- ensure global tools
-          (siletRunLogger $ flip runReaderT appstate $ runE ensureGlobalTools) >>= \case
-            VRight _ -> pure ()
-            VLeft e -> do
-              runLogger
-                ($(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow e)
-              exitWith (ExitFailure 30)


          -------------------------
          -- Effect interpreters --
          -------------------------

-          let runInstTool' appstate' mInstPlatform =
+          let runInstTool' appstate' =
                runLogger
-                  . flip runReaderT (maybe appstate' (\x -> appstate'{ pfreq = x }) mInstPlatform)
+                  . flip runReaderT appstate'
                  . runResourceT
                  . runE
                    @'[ AlreadyInstalled
@@ -1265,22 +1208,57 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]
                      ]


+          ----------------------------------------
+          -- Getting download and platform info --
+          ----------------------------------------
+
+          pfreq <- (
+            runLogger . runE @'[NoCompatiblePlatform, NoCompatibleArch, DistroNotFound] . liftE $ platformRequest
+            ) >>= \case
+                    VRight r -> pure r
+                    VLeft e -> do
+                      runLogger
+                        ($(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow e)
+                      exitWith (ExitFailure 2)
+
+
+          (GHCupInfo treq dls) <-
+            ( runLogger
+              . flip runReaderT appstate
+              . runE @'[JSONError , DownloadFailed, FileDoesNotExistError]
+              $ liftE
+              $ getDownloadsF (urlSource settings)
+              )
+              >>= \case
+                    VRight r -> pure r
+                    VLeft  e -> do
+                      runLogger
+                        ($(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow e)
+                      exitWith (ExitFailure 2)
+
+          case optCommand of
+            Upgrade _ _ -> pure ()
+            _ -> runLogger $ flip runReaderT appstate $ checkForUpdates dls pfreq
+
+
+
          -----------------------
          -- Command functions --
          -----------------------

          let installGHC InstallOptions{..} =
                  (case instBindist of
-                     Nothing -> runInstTool instPlatform $ do
-                       (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion instVer GHC
-                       liftE $ installGHCBin (_tvVersion v)
+                     Nothing -> runInstTool $ do
+                       (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion dls instVer GHC
+                       liftE $ installGHCBin dls (_tvVersion v) (fromMaybe pfreq instPlatform)
                       when instSet $ void $ liftE $ setGHC v SetGHCOnly
                       pure vi
-                     Just uri -> runInstTool' appstate{ settings = settings {noVerify = True}} instPlatform $ do
-                       (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion instVer GHC
+                     Just uri -> runInstTool' appstate{ settings = settings {noVerify = True}} $ do
+                       (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion dls instVer GHC
                       liftE $ installGHCBindist
                         (DownloadInfo uri (Just $ RegexDir "ghc-.*") "")
                         (_tvVersion v)
+                         (fromMaybe pfreq instPlatform)
                       when instSet $ void $ liftE $ setGHC v SetGHCOnly
                       pure vi
                    )
@@ -1296,8 +1274,8 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]
                            pure ExitSuccess
                          VLeft err@(V (BuildFailed tmpdir _)) -> do
                            case keepDirs settings of
-                              Never -> myLoggerT loggerConfig $ ($(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow err)
-                              _ -> myLoggerT loggerConfig $ ($(logError) [i|#{prettyShow err}
+                              Never -> runLogger ($(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow err)
+                              _ -> runLogger ($(logError) [i|#{prettyShow err}
    Check the logs at #{logsDir} and the build directory #{tmpdir} for more clues.
    Make sure to clean up #{tmpdir} afterwards.|])
                            pure $ ExitFailure 3
@@ -1310,15 +1288,16 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]

          let installCabal InstallOptions{..} =
                (case instBindist of
-                   Nothing -> runInstTool instPlatform $ do
-                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion instVer Cabal
-                     liftE $ installCabalBin (_tvVersion v)
+                   Nothing -> runInstTool $ do
+                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion dls instVer Cabal
+                     liftE $ installCabalBin dls (_tvVersion v) (fromMaybe pfreq instPlatform)
                     pure vi
-                   Just uri -> runInstTool' appstate{ settings = settings { noVerify = True}} instPlatform $ do
-                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion instVer Cabal
+                   Just uri -> runInstTool' appstate{ settings = settings { noVerify = True}} $ do
+                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion dls instVer Cabal
                     liftE $ installCabalBindist
                         (DownloadInfo uri Nothing "")
                         (_tvVersion v)
+                         (fromMaybe pfreq instPlatform)
                     pure vi
                  )
                  >>= \case
@@ -1339,15 +1318,16 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]

          let installHLS InstallOptions{..} =
                (case instBindist of
-                   Nothing -> runInstTool instPlatform $ do
-                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion instVer HLS
-                     liftE $ installHLSBin (_tvVersion v)
+                   Nothing -> runInstTool $ do
+                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion dls instVer HLS
+                     liftE $ installHLSBin dls (_tvVersion v) (fromMaybe pfreq instPlatform)
                     pure vi
-                   Just uri -> runInstTool' appstate{ settings = settings { noVerify = True}} instPlatform $ do
-                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion instVer HLS
+                   Just uri -> runInstTool' appstate{ settings = settings { noVerify = True}} $ do
+                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion dls instVer HLS
                     liftE $ installHLSBindist
                         (DownloadInfo uri Nothing "")
                         (_tvVersion v)
+                         (fromMaybe pfreq instPlatform)
                     pure vi
                  )
                  >>= \case
@@ -1368,15 +1348,16 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]

          let installStack InstallOptions{..} =
                (case instBindist of
-                   Nothing -> runInstTool instPlatform $ do
-                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion instVer Stack
-                     liftE $ installStackBin (_tvVersion v)
+                   Nothing -> runInstTool $ do
+                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion dls instVer Stack
+                     liftE $ installStackBin dls (_tvVersion v) (fromMaybe pfreq instPlatform)
                     pure vi
-                   Just uri -> runInstTool' appstate{ settings = settings { noVerify = True}} instPlatform $ do
-                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion instVer Stack
+                   Just uri -> runInstTool' appstate{ settings = settings { noVerify = True}} $ do
+                     (v, vi) <- liftE $ fromVersion dls instVer Stack
                     liftE $ installStackBindist
                         (DownloadInfo uri Nothing "")
                         (_tvVersion v)
+                         (fromMaybe pfreq instPlatform)
                     pure vi
                  )
                  >>= \case
@@ -1398,7 +1379,7 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]

          let setGHC' SetOptions{..} =
                runSetGHC (do
-                    v <- liftE $ fst <$> fromVersion' sToolVer GHC
+                    v <- liftE $ fst <$> fromVersion' dls sToolVer GHC
                    liftE $ setGHC v SetGHCOnly
                  )
                  >>= \case
@@ -1413,7 +1394,7 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]

          let setCabal' SetOptions{..} =
                runSetCabal (do
-                    v <- liftE $ fst <$> fromVersion' sToolVer Cabal
+                    v <- liftE $ fst <$> fromVersion' dls sToolVer Cabal
                    liftE $ setCabal (_tvVersion v)
                    pure v
                  )
@@ -1429,7 +1410,7 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]

          let setHLS' SetOptions{..} =
                runSetHLS (do
-                    v <- liftE $ fst <$> fromVersion' sToolVer HLS
+                    v <- liftE $ fst <$> fromVersion' dls sToolVer HLS
                    liftE $ setHLS (_tvVersion v)
                    pure v
                  )
@@ -1445,7 +1426,7 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]

          let setStack' SetOptions{..} =
                runSetCabal (do
-                    v <- liftE $ fst <$> fromVersion' sToolVer Stack
+                    v <- liftE $ fst <$> fromVersion' dls sToolVer Stack
                    liftE $ setStack (_tvVersion v)
                    pure v
                  )
@@ -1521,8 +1502,7 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]

          res <- case optCommand of
 #if defined(BRICK)
-            Interactive -> do
-              liftIO $ brickMain appstate loggerConfig ghcupInfo >> pure ExitSuccess
+            Interactive -> liftIO $ brickMain appstate loggerConfig dls pfreq >> pure ExitSuccess
 #endif
            Install (Right iopts) -> do
              runLogger ($(logWarn) [i|This is an old-style command for installing GHC. Use 'ghcup install ghc' instead.|])
@@ -1545,7 +1525,7 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]

            List ListOptions {..} ->
              runListGHC (do
-                  l <- listVersions loTool lCriteria
+                  l <- listVersions dls loTool lCriteria pfreq
                  liftIO $ printListResult lRawFormat l
                  pure ExitSuccess
                )
@@ -1579,14 +1559,14 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]
                        "...waiting for 5 seconds, you can still abort..."
                      liftIO $ threadDelay 5000000 -- for compilation, give the user a sec to intervene
                  Right _ -> pure ()
-                targetVer <- liftE $ compileGHC
+                targetVer <- liftE $ compileGHC dls
                            (first (GHCTargetVersion crossTarget) targetGhc)
-                            ovewrwiteVer
                            bootstrapGhc
                            jobs
                            buildConfig
                            patchDir
                            addConfArgs
+                            pfreq
                let vi = getVersionInfo (_tvVersion targetVer) GHC dls
                when setCompile $ void $ liftE $
                  setGHC targetVer SetGHCOnly
@@ -1605,8 +1585,8 @@ Report bugs at <https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]
                        pure ExitSuccess
                      VLeft err@(V (BuildFailed tmpdir _)) -> do
                        case keepDirs settings of
-                          Never -> myLoggerT loggerConfig $ $(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow err
-                          _ -> myLoggerT loggerConfig $ ($(logError) [i|#{prettyShow err}
+                          Never -> runLogger $ $(logError) $ T.pack $ prettyShow err
+                          _ -> runLogger ($(logError) [i|#{prettyShow err}
 Check the logs at #{logsDir} and the build directory #{tmpdir} for more clues.
 Make sure to clean up #{tmpdir} afterwards.|])
                        pure $ ExitFailure 9
@@ -1620,7 +1600,7 @@ Make sure to clean up #{tmpdir} afterwards.|])
                (UpgradeAt p)   -> pure $ Just p
                UpgradeGHCupDir -> pure (Just (binDir </> "ghcup"))

-              runUpgrade (liftE $ upgradeGHCup target force) >>= \case
+              runUpgrade (liftE $ upgradeGHCup dls target force pfreq) >>= \case
                VRight v' -> do
                  let pretty_v = prettyVer v'
                  let vi = fromJust $ snd <$> getLatest dls GHCup
@@ -1637,13 +1617,12 @@ Make sure to clean up #{tmpdir} afterwards.|])
                  pure $ ExitFailure 11

            ToolRequirements ->
-              flip runReaderT appstate
-              $ runLogger
+              runLogger
                (runE
                  @'[NoCompatiblePlatform , DistroNotFound , NoToolRequirements]
                $ do
                    platform <- liftE getPlatform
-                    req      <- getCommonRequirements platform _toolRequirements ?? NoToolRequirements
+                    req      <- getCommonRequirements platform treq ?? NoToolRequirements
                    liftIO $ T.hPutStr stdout (prettyRequirements req)
                )
                >>= \case
@@ -1679,7 +1658,6 @@ Make sure to clean up #{tmpdir} afterwards.|])

                  if clOpen
                    then
-                      flip runReaderT appstate $
                      exec cmd
                           [T.unpack $ decUTF8Safe $ serializeURIRef' uri]
                           Nothing
@@ -1696,40 +1674,36 @@ Make sure to clean up #{tmpdir} afterwards.|])
  pure ()

 fromVersion :: (MonadLogger m, MonadFail m, MonadReader AppState m, MonadThrow m, MonadIO m, MonadCatch m)
-            => Maybe ToolVersion
+            => GHCupDownloads
+            -> Maybe ToolVersion
            -> Tool
            -> Excepts '[TagNotFound, NextVerNotFound, NoToolVersionSet] m (GHCTargetVersion, Maybe VersionInfo)
-fromVersion tv = fromVersion' (toSetToolVer tv)
+fromVersion av tv = fromVersion' av (toSetToolVer tv)

 fromVersion' :: (MonadLogger m, MonadFail m, MonadReader AppState m, MonadThrow m, MonadIO m, MonadCatch m)
-             => SetToolVersion
+             => GHCupDownloads
+             -> SetToolVersion
             -> Tool
             -> Excepts '[TagNotFound, NextVerNotFound, NoToolVersionSet] m (GHCTargetVersion, Maybe VersionInfo)
-fromVersion' SetRecommended tool = do
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
-  (\(x, y) -> (mkTVer x, Just y)) <$> getRecommended dls tool
+fromVersion' av SetRecommended tool =
+  (\(x, y) -> (mkTVer x, Just y)) <$> getRecommended av tool
    ?? TagNotFound Recommended tool
-fromVersion' (SetToolVersion v) tool = do
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
-  let vi = getVersionInfo (_tvVersion v) tool dls
+fromVersion' av (SetToolVersion v) tool = do
+  let vi = getVersionInfo (_tvVersion v) tool av
  case pvp $ prettyVer (_tvVersion v) of
    Left _ -> pure (v, vi)
    Right (PVP (major' :|[minor'])) ->
-      case getLatestGHCFor (fromIntegral major') (fromIntegral minor') dls of
+      case getLatestGHCFor (fromIntegral major') (fromIntegral minor') av of
        Just (v', vi') -> pure (GHCTargetVersion (_tvTarget v) v', Just vi')
        Nothing -> pure (v, vi)
    Right _ -> pure (v, vi)
-fromVersion' (SetToolTag Latest) tool = do
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
-  (\(x, y) -> (mkTVer x, Just y)) <$> getLatest dls tool ?? TagNotFound Latest tool
-fromVersion' (SetToolTag Recommended) tool = do
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
-  (\(x, y) -> (mkTVer x, Just y)) <$> getRecommended dls tool ?? TagNotFound Recommended tool
-fromVersion' (SetToolTag (Base pvp'')) GHC = do
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
-  (\(x, y) -> (mkTVer x, Just y)) <$> getLatestBaseVersion dls pvp'' ?? TagNotFound (Base pvp'') GHC
-fromVersion' SetNext tool = do
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
+fromVersion' av  (SetToolTag Latest) tool =
+  (\(x, y) -> (mkTVer x, Just y)) <$> getLatest av tool ?? TagNotFound Latest tool
+fromVersion' av (SetToolTag Recommended) tool =
+  (\(x, y) -> (mkTVer x, Just y)) <$> getRecommended av tool ?? TagNotFound Recommended tool
+fromVersion' av (SetToolTag (Base pvp'')) GHC =
+  (\(x, y) -> (mkTVer x, Just y)) <$> getLatestBaseVersion av pvp'' ?? TagNotFound (Base pvp'') GHC
+fromVersion' av SetNext tool = do
  next <- case tool of
    GHC -> do
      set <- fmap _tvVersion $ ghcSet Nothing !? NoToolVersionSet tool
@@ -1772,14 +1746,17 @@ fromVersion' SetNext tool = do
        . sort
        $ stacks) ?? NoToolVersionSet tool
    GHCup -> fail "GHCup cannot be set"
-  let vi = getVersionInfo (_tvVersion next) tool dls
+  let vi = getVersionInfo (_tvVersion next) tool av
  pure (next, vi)
-fromVersion' (SetToolTag t') tool =
+fromVersion' _ (SetToolTag t') tool =
  throwE $ TagNotFound t' tool


 printListResult :: Bool -> [ListResult] -> IO ()
 printListResult raw lr = do
+  -- https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/issues/8118
+  setLocaleEncoding utf8
+
  no_color <- isJust <$> lookupEnv "NO_COLOR"

  let
@@ -1803,15 +1780,9 @@ printListResult raw lr = do
        . fmap
            (\ListResult {..} ->
              let marks = if
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-                    | lSet       -> (color Green "IS")
-                    | lInstalled -> (color Green "I ")
-                    | otherwise  -> (color Red "X ")
-#else
                    | lSet       -> (color Green "✔✔")
                    | lInstalled -> (color Green "✓ ")
                    | otherwise  -> (color Red "✗ ")
-#endif
              in
                (if raw then [] else [marks])
                  ++ [ fmap toLower . show $ lTool
@@ -1938,10 +1909,11 @@ checkForUpdates :: ( MonadReader AppState m
                   , MonadFail m
                   , MonadLogger m
                   )
-                => m ()
-checkForUpdates = do
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- ask
-  lInstalled <- listVersions Nothing (Just ListInstalled)
+                => GHCupDownloads
+                -> PlatformRequest
+                -> m ()
+checkForUpdates dls pfreq = do
+  lInstalled <- listVersions dls Nothing (Just ListInstalled) pfreq
  let latestInstalled tool = (fmap lVer . lastMay . filter (\lr -> lTool lr == tool)) lInstalled

  forM_ (getLatest dls GHCup) $ \(l, _) -> do
--- a/331
+++ b/331
@@ -14,52 +14,26 @@
 # safety subshell to avoid executing anything in case this script is not downloaded properly
 (

-plat="$(uname -s)"
-arch=$(uname -m)
-ghver="0.1.14.1"
-base_url="https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup"
+: "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX:=$HOME}"

-case "${plat}" in
-        MSYS*|MINGW*)
-			: "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX:=/c}"
-			GHCUP_DIR=$(cygpath -u "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}/ghcup")
-			GHCUP_BIN=$(cygpath -u "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}/ghcup/bin")
-			: "${GHCUP_MSYS2:=${GHCUP_DIR}/msys64}"
-			;;
-		*)
-			: "${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX:=$HOME}"
-			export GHCUP_USE_XDG_DIRS
+export GHCUP_USE_XDG_DIRS

-			if [ -n "${GHCUP_USE_XDG_DIRS}" ] ; then
-				GHCUP_DIR=${XDG_DATA_HOME:=$HOME/.local/share}/ghcup
-				GHCUP_BIN=${XDG_BIN_HOME:=$HOME/.local/bin}
-			else
-				GHCUP_DIR=${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}/.ghcup
-				GHCUP_BIN=${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}/.ghcup/bin
-			fi
-			;;
-esac
+if [ -n "${GHCUP_USE_XDG_DIRS}" ] ; then
+	GHCUP_DIR=${XDG_DATA_HOME:=$HOME/.local/share}/ghcup
+	GHCUP_BIN=${XDG_BIN_HOME:=$HOME/.local/bin}
+else
+	GHCUP_DIR=${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}/.ghcup
+	GHCUP_BIN=${GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX}/.ghcup/bin
+fi

 : "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_GHC_VERSION:=recommended}"
 : "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_CABAL_VERSION:=recommended}"

-
 die() {
    (>&2 printf "\\033[0;31m%s\\033[0m\\n" "$1")
    exit 2
 }

-warn() {
-	case "${plat}" in
-			MSYS*|MINGW*)
-				echo -e "\\033[0;35m$1\\033[0m"
-				;;
-			*)
-				printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "$1"
-				;;
-	esac
-}
-
 edo() {
    "$@" || die "\"$*\" failed!"
 }
@@ -69,133 +43,92 @@ eghcup() {
 }

 _eghcup() {
-	if [ -n "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_YAML}" ] ; then
-		args="-s ${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_YAML}"
-	fi 
    if [ -z "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_VERBOSE}" ] ; then
-        "${GHCUP_BIN}/ghcup" ${args} "$@"
+        ghcup "$@"
    else
-        "${GHCUP_BIN}/ghcup" ${args} --verbose "$@"
+        ghcup --verbose "$@"
    fi
 }

 _done() {
-	case "${plat}" in
-			MSYS*|MINGW*)
-				echo
-				echo "All done!"
-				echo
-				echo "In a new powershell or cmd.exe session, now you can..."
-				echo
-				echo "Start a simple repl via:"
-				echo "  ghci"
-				echo
-				echo "Start a new haskell project in the current directory via:"
-				echo "  cabal init --interactive"
-				echo
-				echo "Install other GHC versions and tools via:"
-				echo "  ghcup list"
-				echo "  ghcup install <tool> <version>"
-				echo
-				echo "To install system libraries and update msys2/mingw64,"
-				echo "open the \"Mingw haskell shell\""
-				echo "and the \"Mingw package management docs\""
-				echo "desktop shortcuts."
-				;;
-			*)
-				echo
-				echo "All done!"
-				echo
-				echo "To start a simple repl, run:"
-				echo "  ghci"
-				echo
-				echo "To start a new haskell project in the current directory, run:"
-				echo "  cabal init --interactive"
-				echo
-				echo "To install other GHC versions and tools, run:"
-				echo "  ghcup tui"
-				;;
-
-	esac
-
+	echo
+    echo "All done!"
+	echo
+	echo "To start a simple repl, run:"
+	echo "  ghci"
+	echo
+	echo "To start a new haskell project in the current directory, run:"
+	echo "  cabal init --interactive"
+	echo
+	echo "To install other GHC versions, run:"
+	echo "  ghcup tui"

 	exit 0
 }

 download_ghcup() {
+	_plat="$(uname -s)"
+	_arch=$(uname -m)
+	_ghver="0.1.14.1"
+	_base_url="https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup"

-    case "${plat}" in
+    case "${_plat}" in
        "linux"|"Linux")
-			case "${arch}" in
+			case "${_arch}" in
 				x86_64|amd64)
 					# we could be in a 32bit docker container, in which
 					# case uname doesn't give us what we want
 					if [ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "32" ] ; then
-						_url=${base_url}/${ghver}/i386-linux-ghcup-${ghver}
+						_url=${_base_url}/${_ghver}/i386-linux-ghcup-${_ghver}
 					elif [ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" = "64" ] ; then
-						_url=${base_url}/${ghver}/x86_64-linux-ghcup-${ghver}
+						_url=${_base_url}/${_ghver}/x86_64-linux-ghcup-${_ghver}
 					else
 						die "Unknown long bit size: $(getconf LONG_BIT)"
 					fi
 					;;
 				i*86)
-					_url=${base_url}/${ghver}/i386-linux-ghcup-${ghver}
+					_url=${_base_url}/${_ghver}/i386-linux-ghcup-${_ghver}
 					;;
 				armv7*)
-					_url=${base_url}/${ghver}/armv7-linux-ghcup-${ghver}
+					_url=${_base_url}/${_ghver}/armv7-linux-ghcup-${_ghver}
 					;;
 				aarch64|arm64|armv8l)
-					_url=${base_url}/${ghver}/aarch64-linux-ghcup-${ghver}
+					_url=${_base_url}/${_ghver}/aarch64-linux-ghcup-${_ghver}
 					;;
-				*) die "Unknown architecture: ${arch}"
+				*) die "Unknown architecture: ${_arch}"
 					;;
 			esac
 			;;
        "FreeBSD"|"freebsd")
-			case "${arch}" in
+			case "${_arch}" in
 				x86_64|amd64)
 					;;
 				i*86)
 					die "i386 currently not supported!"
 					;;
-				*) die "Unknown architecture: ${arch}"
+				*) die "Unknown architecture: ${_arch}"
 					;;
 			esac
-			_url=${base_url}/${ghver}/x86_64-portbld-freebsd-ghcup-${ghver}
+			_url=${_base_url}/${_ghver}/x86_64-portbld-freebsd-ghcup-${_ghver}
            ;;
        "Darwin"|"darwin")
-			case "${arch}" in
+			case "${_arch}" in
 				x86_64|amd64)
 					;;
 				i*86)
 					die "i386 currently not supported!"
 					;;
-				*) die "Unknown architecture: ${arch}"
+				*) die "Unknown architecture: ${_arch}"
 					;;
 			esac
-			_url=${base_url}/${ghver}/x86_64-apple-darwin-ghcup-${ghver} ;;
-        MSYS*|MINGW*)
-			case "${arch}" in
-				x86_64|amd64)
-					_url=https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/tmp/x86_64-mingw64-ghcup-9.exe
-					;;
-				*) die "Unknown architecture: ${arch}"
-					;;
-			esac
-			;;
-        *) die "Unknown platform: ${plat}"
+			_url=${_base_url}/${_ghver}/x86_64-apple-darwin-ghcup-${_ghver} ;;
+        *) die "Unknown platform: ${_plat}"
 			;;
    esac
-    case "${plat}" in
-        MSYS*|MINGW*)
-			edo curl -Lf "${_url}" > "${GHCUP_BIN}"/ghcup.exe
-			edo chmod +x "${GHCUP_BIN}"/ghcup.exe
-			;;
-		*)
-			edo curl -Lf "${_url}" > "${GHCUP_BIN}"/ghcup
-			edo chmod +x "${GHCUP_BIN}"/ghcup
-			;;
-	esac
+
+	edo curl -Lf "${_url}" > "${GHCUP_BIN}"/ghcup
+
+    edo chmod +x "${GHCUP_BIN}"/ghcup

  edo mkdir -p "${GHCUP_DIR}"
 	cat <<-EOF > "${GHCUP_DIR}"/env || die "Failed to create env file"
@@ -204,6 +137,8 @@ download_ghcup() {
 	# shellcheck disable=SC1090
    edo . "${GHCUP_DIR}"/env
    eghcup upgrade
+
+	unset _plat _arch _url _ghver _base_url
 }


@@ -212,22 +147,14 @@ echo "Welcome to Haskell!"
 echo
 echo "This script will download and install the following binaries:"
 echo "  * ghcup - The Haskell toolchain installer"
+echo "            (for managing GHC/cabal versions)"
 echo "  * ghc   - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler"
-echo "  * cabal - The Cabal build tool for managing Haskell software"
-echo "  * stack - (optional) A cross-platform program for developing Haskell projects"
-echo "  * hls   - (optional) A language server for developers to integrate with their editor/IDE"
+echo "  * cabal - The Cabal build tool"
 echo
 if [ -z "${GHCUP_USE_XDG_DIRS}" ] ; then
 	echo "ghcup installs only into the following directory,"
    echo "which can be removed anytime:"
-	case "${plat}" in
-			MSYS*|MINGW*)
-				echo "  $(cygpath -w "$GHCUP_DIR")"
-				;;
-			*)
-				echo "  $GHCUP_DIR"
-				;;
-	esac
+	echo "  $GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX/.ghcup"
 else
 	echo "ghcup installs into XDG directories as long as"
    echo "'GHCUP_USE_XDG_DIRS' is set."
@@ -235,8 +162,8 @@ fi
 echo

 if [ -z "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE}" ] ; then
-    warn "Press ENTER to proceed or ctrl-c to abort."
-    warn "Note that this script can be re-run at any given time."
+    printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "Press ENTER to proceed or ctrl-c to abort."
+    printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "Note that this script can be re-run at any given time."
    echo
    # Wait for user input to continue.
    # shellcheck disable=SC2034
@@ -254,12 +181,12 @@ else
 fi

 echo
-echo "$(if [ -n "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_YAML}" ] ; then ghcup -s "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_YAML}" tool-requirements ; else ghcup tool-requirements ; fi)"
+echo "$(ghcup tool-requirements)"
 echo

 if [ -z "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE}" ] ; then
-    warn "Press ENTER to proceed or ctrl-c to abort."
-    warn "Installation may take a while."
+    printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "Press ENTER to proceed or ctrl-c to abort."
+    printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "Installation may take a while."
    echo

    # Wait for user input to continue.
@@ -272,55 +199,21 @@ eghcup --cache install ghc "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_GHC_VERSION}"
 eghcup set ghc "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_GHC_VERSION}"
 eghcup --cache install cabal "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_CABAL_VERSION}"

-adjust_cabal_config() {
-	edo cabal user-config -a "extra-prog-path: $(cygpath -w "$GHCUP_BIN"), $(cygpath -w "$HOME"/AppData/Roaming/cabal/bin), $(cygpath -w "$GHCUP_MSYS2"/usr/bin), $(cygpath -w "$GHCUP_MSYS2"/mingw64/bin)" -a "extra-include-dirs: $(cygpath -w "$GHCUP_MSYS2"/mingw64/include)" -a "extra-lib-dirs: $(cygpath -w "$GHCUP_MSYS2"/mingw64/lib)" -f init
-}
-
-case "${plat}" in
-        MSYS*|MINGW*)
-			if [ -z "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE}" ] ; then
-				warn "Create an initial cabal.config including relevant msys2 paths (recommended)?"
-				warn "[Y] Yes  [N] No  [?] Help (default is \"Y\")."
-				echo
-				while true; do
-					read -r mingw_answer </dev/tty
-
-					case $mingw_answer in
-						[Yy]* | "")
-							adjust_cabal_config
-							break ;;
-						[Nn]*)
-							echo "Make sure that your global cabal.config references the correct mingw64 paths (extra-prog-path, extra-include-dirs and extra-lib-dirs)."
-							echo "And set the environment variable GHCUP_MSYS2 to the root path of your msys2 installation."
-							sleep 5
-							break ;;
-						*)
-							echo "Possible choices are:"
-							echo
-							echo "Y - Yes, create a cabal.config with pre-set paths to msys2/mingw64 (default)"
-							echo "N - No, leave the current/default cabal config untouched"
-							echo
-							echo "Please make your choice and press ENTER."
-							;;
-					esac
-				done
-			else
-				adjust_cabal_config
-			fi
-			;;
-esac
-
-
 edo cabal new-update

+printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" ""
+printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "Installation done!"
+printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" ""
+
+
 if [ -z "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE}" ] ; then
-	warn "Do you want to install haskell-language-server (HLS) now?"
-	warn "HLS is a language-server that provides IDE-like functionality"
-	warn "and can integrate with different editors, such as Vim, Emacs, VS Code, Atom, ..."
-	warn "Also see https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/blob/master/README.md"
-	warn ""
-	warn "[Y] Yes  [N] No  [?] Help (default is \"N\")."
-	warn ""
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "Do you want to install haskell-language-server (HLS) now?"
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "HLS is a language-server that provides IDE-like functionality"
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "and can integrate with different editors, such as Vim, Emacs, VS Code, Atom, ..."
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "Also see https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/blob/master/README.md"
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" ""
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "Answer with YES or NO and press ENTER."
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" ""

 	while true; do
 		read -r hls_answer </dev/tty
@@ -329,43 +222,10 @@ if [ -z "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE}" ] ; then
 			[Yy]*)
 				eghcup --cache install hls
 				break ;;
-			[Nn]* | "")
+			[Nn]*)
 				break ;;
 			*)
-				echo "Possible choices are:"
-				echo
-				echo "Y - Yes, install the haskell-langauge-server"
-				echo "N - No, don't install anything more (default)"
-				echo
-				echo "Please make your choice and press ENTER."
-				;;
-		esac
-	done
-
-	warn "Do you want to install stack now?"
-	warn "Stack is a haskell build tool similar to cabal that is used by some projects."
-	warn "Also see https://docs.haskellstack.org/"
-	warn ""
-	warn "[Y] Yes  [N] No  [?] Help (default is \"N\")."
-	warn ""
-
-	while true; do
-		read -r stack_answer </dev/tty
-
-		case $stack_answer in
-			[Yy]*)
-				eghcup --cache install stack
-				break ;;
-			[Nn]* | "")
-				break ;;
-			*)
-				echo "Possible choices are:"
-				echo
-				echo "Y - Yes, install stack"
-				echo "N - No, don't install anything more (default)"
-				echo
-				echo "Please make your choice and press ENTER."
-				;;
+				echo "Please type YES or NO and press enter.";;
 		esac
 	done

@@ -398,31 +258,32 @@ if [ -z "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE}" ] ; then
 	esac


-	warn ""
-	warn "Detected ${MY_SHELL} shell on your system..."
-	warn "If you want ghcup to automatically add the required PATH variable to \"${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}\""
-	warn ""
-	warn "[Y] Yes  [N] No  [?] Help (default is \"Y\")."
-	warn ""
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" ""
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "Detected ${MY_SHELL} shell on your system..."
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "If you want ghcup to automatically add the required PATH variable to \"${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}\""
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "answer with YES, otherwise with NO and press ENTER."
+	printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" ""

    while true; do
        read -r next_answer </dev/tty

        case $next_answer in
-            [Nn]*)
-                _done ;;
-            [Yy]* | "")
+            [Yy]*)
 				case $MY_SHELL in
 					"") break ;;
 					fish)
+						if ! grep -q "ghcup-env" "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}" ; then
 							mkdir -p "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE%/*}"
-							sed -i -e '/# ghcup-env$/ s/^#*/#/' "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
-							echo "set -q GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX[1]; or set GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX \$HOME ; test -f $GHCUP_DIR/env ; and set -gx PATH \$HOME/.cabal/bin $GHCUP_BIN \$PATH # ghcup-env" >> "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
+							echo "# ghcup-env" >> "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
+							echo "set -q GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX[1]; or set GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX \$HOME" >> "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
+							echo "test -f $GHCUP_DIR/env ; and set -gx PATH \$HOME/.cabal/bin $GHCUP_BIN \$PATH" >> "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
+						fi
 						break ;;
 					bash)
-						sed -i -e '/# ghcup-env$/ s/^#*/#/' "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
-						echo "[ -f \"${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" ] && source \"${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" # ghcup-env" >> "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
-						case "${plat}" in
+						if ! grep -q "ghcup-env" "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}" ; then
+							echo "[ -f \"${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" ] && source \"${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" # ghcup-env" >> "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
+						fi
+						case "$(uname -s)" in
 							"Darwin"|"darwin")
 								if ! grep -q "ghcup-env" "${HOME}/.bash_profile" ; then
 									echo "[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && source ~/.bashrc # ghcup-env" >> "${HOME}/.bash_profile"
@@ -432,28 +293,22 @@ if [ -z "${BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE}" ] ; then
 						break ;;

 					zsh)
-						sed -i -e '/# ghcup-env$/ s/^#*/#/' "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
-						echo "[ -f \"${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" ] && source \"${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" # ghcup-env" >> "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
+						if ! grep -q "ghcup-env" "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}" ; then
+							echo "[ -f \"${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" ] && source \"${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" # ghcup-env" >> "${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}"
+						fi
 						break ;;
 				esac
-                warn "OK! ${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE} has been modified. Restart your terminal for the changes to take effect,"
-                warn "or type \"source ${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" to apply them in your current terminal session."
+                printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "OK! ${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE} has been modified. Restart your terminal for the changes to take effect,"
+                printf "\\033[0;35m%s\\033[0m\\n" "or type \"source ${GHCUP_DIR}/env\" to apply them in your current terminal session."
 				_done
                ;;
-			*)
-				echo "Possible choices are:"
-				echo
-				echo "Y - Yes, update my \"${GHCUP_PROFILE_FILE}\" (default)"
-				echo "N - No, don't mess with my configuration"
-				echo
-				echo "Please make your choice and press ENTER."
-				;;
+            [Nn]*)
+                _done ;;
+            *)
+                echo "Please type YES or NO and press enter.";;
        esac
    done
 fi
-
-_done
-
 )

 # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab
--- a/bootstrap-haskell.ps1
+++ b/bootstrap-haskell.ps1
@@ -1,400 +0,0 @@
-<#
-    .SYNOPSIS
-    Script to bootstrap a Haskell environment
-
-    .DESCRIPTION
-    This is the windows GHCup installer, installing:
-
-    * ghcup - The Haskell toolchain installer"
-    * ghc   - The Glasgow Haskell Compiler"
-    * msys2 - Unix-style toolchain needed for dependencies and tools
-    * cabal - The Cabal build tool for managing Haskell software"
-    * stack - (optional) A cross-platform program for developing Haskell projects"
-    * hls   - (optional) A language server for developers to integrate with their editor/IDE"
-#>
-param (
-    # Run a non-interactive installation
-    [switch]$Silent,
-    # Specify the install root (default: 'C:\')
-    [string]$InstallDir,
-    # Instead of installing a new MSys2, use an existing installation
-    [string]$ExistingMsys2Dir,
-    # Specify the cabal root directory (default: '$InstallDir\cabal')
-    [string]$CabalDir,
-    # Perform a quick installation, omitting some expensive operations (you may have to install dependencies yourself later)
-    [bool]$Quick,
-    # Overwrite (or rather backup) a previous install
-    [bool]$Overwrite
-)
-
-function Print-Msg {
-  param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, HelpMessage='String to output')][string]$msg, [string]$color = "Green" )
-  Write-Host ('{0}' -f $msg) -ForegroundColor $color
-}
-
-function Create-Shortcut {
-    param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,HelpMessage='Target path')][string]$SourceExe, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,HelpMessage='Arguments to the path/exe')][AllowEmptyString()]$ArgumentsToSourceExe, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,HelpMessage='The destination of the desktop link')][string]$DestinationPath )
-    $WshShell = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell
-    $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut($DestinationPath)
-    $Shortcut.TargetPath = $SourceExe
-    if($ArgumentsToSourceExe) {
-      $Shortcut.Arguments = $ArgumentsToSourceExe
-    }
-    $Shortcut.Save()
-}
-
-function Add-EnvPath {
-  param(
-      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,HelpMessage='The Path to add to Users environment')]
-      [string] $Path,
-
-      [ValidateSet('Machine', 'User', 'Session')]
-      [string] $Container = 'Session'
-  )
-
-  if ($Container -eq 'Session') {
-      $envPaths = [Collections.Generic.List[String]]($env:Path -split ([IO.Path]::PathSeparator))
-      if ($envPaths -notcontains $Path) {
-          $envPaths.Add($Path)
-          $env:PATH = $envPaths -join ([IO.Path]::PathSeparator)
-      }
-  }
-  else {
-      [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]$hive, $keyPath = switch ($Container) {
-          'Machine' { 'LocalMachine', 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' }
-          'User' { 'CurrentUser', 'Environment' }
-      }
-
-      $hiveKey = $envKey = $null
-      try {
-          $hiveKey = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenBaseKey($hive, 'Default')
-          $envKey = $hiveKey.OpenSubKey($keyPath, $true)
-          $rawPath = $envKey.GetValue('PATH', '', 'DoNotExpandEnvironmentNames')
-
-          $envPaths = [Collections.Generic.List[String]]($rawPath -split ([IO.Path]::PathSeparator))
-          if ($envPaths -notcontains $Path) {
-              $envPaths.Add($Path)
-              $envKey.SetValue('PATH', ($envPaths -join ([IO.Path]::PathSeparator)), 'ExpandString')
-          }
-      }
-      finally {
-          if ($envKey) { $envKey.Dispose() }
-          if ($hiveKey) { $hiveKey.Dispose() }
-      }
-  }
-}
-
-
-
-filter Get-FileSize {
-	'{0:N2} {1}' -f $(
-	if ($_ -lt 1kb) { $_, 'Bytes' }
-	elseif ($_ -lt 1mb) { ($_/1kb), 'KB' }
-	elseif ($_ -lt 1gb) { ($_/1mb), 'MB' }
-	elseif ($_ -lt 1tb) { ($_/1gb), 'GB' }
-	elseif ($_ -lt 1pb) { ($_/1tb), 'TB' }
-	else { ($_/1pb), 'PB' }
-	)
-}
-
-function Get-FileWCSynchronous{
-    param(
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
-        [string]$url, 
-        [string]$destinationFolder="$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads",
-        [switch]$includeStats
-    )
-    $wc = New-Object -TypeName Net.WebClient
-    $wc.UseDefaultCredentials = $true
-    $destination = Join-Path -Path $destinationFolder -ChildPath ($url | Split-Path -Leaf)
-    $start = Get-Date
-    $wc.DownloadFile($url, $destination)
-    $elapsed = ((Get-Date) - $start).ToString('hh\:mm\:ss')
-    $totalSize = (Get-Item -Path $destination).Length | Get-FileSize
-    if ($includeStats.IsPresent){
-        [PSCustomObject]@{Name=$MyInvocation.MyCommand;TotalSize=$totalSize;Time=$elapsed}
-    }
-    Get-Item -Path $destination | Unblock-File
-}
-
-function Test-AbsolutePath {
-  Param (
-      [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
-      [ValidateScript({[System.IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($_)})]
-      [String]$Path
-  )
-}
-
-function Exec
-{
-    [CmdletBinding()]
-    param(
-        [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = 1)][string]$cmd,
-        [Parameter()][string]$errorMessage,
-        [parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments = $true)]
-        [string[]]$Passthrough
-    )
-    & $cmd @Passthrough
-    if ($lastexitcode -ne 0) {
-        if (!($errorMessage)) {
-          throw ('Exec: Error executing command {0} with arguments ''{1}''' -f $cmd, "$Passthrough")
-        } else {
-          throw ('Exec: ' + $errorMessage)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
-
-$GhcupBasePrefixEnv = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX', 'user')
-
-if ($GhcupBasePrefixEnv) {
-  $defaultGhcupBasePrefix = $GhcupBasePrefixEnv
-} else {
-  $defaultGhcupBasePrefix = 'C:\'
-}
-
-if ($Silent -and !($InstallDir)) {
-  $GhcupBasePrefix = $defaultGhcupBasePrefix
-} elseif ($InstallDir) {
-  if (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath ('{0}' -f $InstallDir) -IsValid)) {
-    Print-Msg -color Red -msg "Not a valid directory!"
-    Exit 1
-  } elseif (!(Split-Path -IsAbsolute -Path "$InstallDir")) {
-    Print-Msg -color Red -msg "Non-absolute Path specified!"
-    Exit 1
-  } else {
-    $GhcupBasePrefix = $InstallDir
-  }
-} else {
-  while ($true) {
-    Print-Msg -color Magenta -msg ('Where to install to (this should be a short Path, preferably a Drive like ''C:\''){1}Press enter to accept the default [{0}]:' -f $defaultGhcupBasePrefix, "`n")
-    $basePrefixPrompt = Read-Host
-    $GhcupBasePrefix = ($defaultGhcupBasePrefix,$basePrefixPrompt)[[bool]$basePrefixPrompt]
-    if (!($GhcupBasePrefix.EndsWith('\'))) {
-      $GhcupBasePrefix = ('{0}\' -f $GhcupBasePrefix)
-    }
-  
-    if (!($GhcupBasePrefix)) {
-      Print-Msg -color Red -msg "No directory specified!"
-    } elseif (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath ('{0}' -f $GhcupBasePrefix))) {
-      Print-Msg -color Red -msg "Directory does not exist, need to specify an existing Drive/Directory"
-    } elseif (!(Split-Path -IsAbsolute -Path "$GhcupBasePrefix")) {
-      Print-Msg -color Red -msg "Invalid/Non-absolute Path specified"
-    } else {
-      Break
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-Print-Msg -msg ('Setting env variable GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX to ''{0}''' -f $GhcupBasePrefix)
-$null = [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX", $GhcupBasePrefix, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
-
-
-$GhcupDir = ('{0}\ghcup' -f $GhcupBasePrefix)
-$MsysDir = ('{0}\msys64' -f $GhcupDir)
-$Bash = ('{0}\usr\bin\bash' -f $MsysDir)
-$BootstrapUrl = 'https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/sh/bootstrap-haskell-windows'
-$GhcupMsys2 = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('GHCUP_MSYS2', 'user')
-
-Print-Msg -msg 'Preparing for GHCup installation...'
-
-if (Test-Path -LiteralPath ('{0}' -f $GhcupDir)) {
-  Print-Msg -msg ('GHCup already installed at ''{0}''...' -f $GhcupDir)
-  if ($Overwrite) {
-    $decision = 0
-  } elseif (!($Silent)) {
-    $decision = $Host.UI.PromptForChoice('Install GHCup'
-                                        , 'GHCup is already installed, what do you want to do?'
-                                        , [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]] @('&Reinstall'
-                                            '&Continue'
-                                            '&Abort'), 1)
-  } else {
-    $decision = 1
-  }
-
-  if ($decision -eq 0) {
-    $suffix = [IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName()
-    Print-Msg -msg ('Backing up {0} to {0}-{1} ...' -f $GhcupDir, $suffix)
-    Rename-Item -Path ('{0}' -f $GhcupDir) -NewName ('{0}-{1}' -f $GhcupDir, $suffix)
-  } elseif ($decision -eq 1) {
-    Print-Msg -msg 'Continuing installation...'
-  } elseif ($decision -eq 2) {
-    Exit 0
-  }
-}
-
-
-$null = New-Item -Path ('{0}' -f $GhcupDir) -ItemType 'directory' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-$null = New-Item -Path ('{0}' -f $GhcupDir) -Name 'bin' -ItemType 'directory' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-
-Print-Msg -msg 'First checking for Msys2...'
-
-if (!(Test-Path -Path ('{0}' -f $MsysDir))) {
-  if ($Silent) {
-    $msys2Decision = 0
-  } else {
-    $msys2Decision = $Host.UI.PromptForChoice('Install MSys2'
-        , 'Do you want GHCup to install a default MSys2 toolchain (recommended)?'
-        , [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]] @('&Yes'
-            '&No'), 0)
-  }
-
-  if ($msys2Decision -eq 0) {
-    Print-Msg -msg ('...Msys2 doesn''t exist, installing into {0} ...this may take a while' -f $MsysDir)
-
-    # Download the archive
-    Print-Msg -msg 'Downloading Msys2 archive...'
-    $archive = 'msys2-x86_64-latest.sfx.exe'
-    
-    if (Get-Command -Name 'curl.exe' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
-      Exec "curl.exe" '-o' ('{0}\{1}' -f $env:TEMP, $archive) ('https://repo.msys2.org/distrib/{0}' -f $archive)
-    } else {
-      Get-FileWCSynchronous -url ('https://repo.msys2.org/distrib/{0}' -f $archive) -destinationFolder "$env:TEMP" -includeStats
-    }
-
-    Print-Msg -msg 'Extracting Msys2 archive...'
-    $null = & "$env:TEMP\$archive" '-y' ('-o{0}' -f $GhcupDir)  # Extract
-    Remove-Item -Path ('{0}/{1}' -f $env:TEMP, $archive)
-
-    Print-Msg -msg 'Processing MSYS2 bash for first time use...'
-    Exec "$Bash" '-lc' 'exit'
-
-    Exec "$env:windir\system32\taskkill.exe" /F /FI `"MODULES eq msys-2.0.dll`"
-
-    Print-Msg -msg 'Upgrading full system...'
-    Exec "$Bash" '-lc' 'pacman --noconfirm -Syuu'
-
-    Print-Msg -msg 'Upgrading full system twice...'
-    Exec "$Bash" '-lc' 'pacman --noconfirm -Syuu'
-
-    if ($Quick) {
-      $ghcBuildDeps = $Quick
-    } elseif (!($Silent)) {
-      $ghcBuildDeps = $Host.UI.PromptForChoice('Install Dependencies'
-        , 'Install various dependencies to be able to build GHC itself and make use of ''ghcup compile'' command? (recommended, however this might take a while)'
-        , [System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription[]] @('&Yes'
-            '&No'), 0)
-    } else {
-      $ghcBuildDeps = 0
-    }
-    if ($ghcBuildDeps -eq 0) {
-      Print-Msg -msg 'Installing GHC Build Dependencies...'
-      Exec "$Bash" '-lc' 'pacman --noconfirm -S --needed git tar curl wget base-devel gettext binutils autoconf make libtool automake python p7zip patch unzip mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb mingw-w64-x86_64-python2 mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-sphinx'
-    }
-
-    Print-Msg -msg 'Updating SSL root certificate authorities...'
-    Exec "$Bash" '-lc' 'pacman --noconfirm -S ca-certificates'
-
-    Print-Msg -msg 'Setting default home directory...'
-    Exec "$Bash" '-lc' "sed -i -e 's/db_home:.*$/db_home: windows/' /etc/nsswitch.conf"
-  } elseif ($msys2Decision -eq 1) {
-    Print-Msg -color Yellow -msg 'Skipping MSys2 installation.'
-    while ($true) {
-      if ($GhcupMsys2) {
-        $defaultMsys2Dir = $GhcupMsys2
-        Print-Msg -color Magenta -msg ('Input existing MSys2 toolchain directory. Press enter to accept the default [{0}]:' -f $defaultMsys2Dir)
-        $MsysDirPrompt = Read-Host
-        $MsysDir = ($defaultMsys2Dir,$MsysDirPrompt)[[bool]$MsysDirPrompt]
-      } else {
-        Print-Msg -color Magenta -msg 'Input existing MSys2 toolchain directory:' 
-        $MsysDir = Read-Host
-      }
-      if (!($MsysDir)) {
-        Print-Msg -color Red -msg "No directory specified!"         
-      } elseif (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath ('{0}' -f $MsysDir))) {
-        Print-Msg -color Red -msg ('MSys2 installation at ''{0}'' could not be found!' -f $MsysDir)
-      } elseif (!(Split-Path -IsAbsolute -Path "$MsysDir")) {
-        Print-Msg -color Red -msg "Invalid/Non-absolute Path specified"
-      } else {
-        Break
-      }
-    }
-    Print-Msg -msg ('Setting GHCUP_MSYS2 env var to ''{0}''' -f $MsysDir)
-    $null = [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("GHCUP_MSYS2", $MsysDir, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
-    $Bash = ('{0}\usr\bin\bash' -f $MsysDir)
-  }
-} else {
-    Print-Msg -msg ('...Msys2 found in {0} ...skipping Msys2 installation.' -f $MsysDir)
-}
-
-Print-Msg -msg 'Creating shortcuts...'
-Create-Shortcut -SourceExe ('{0}\msys2_shell.cmd' -f $MsysDir) -ArgumentsToSourceExe '-mingw64' -DestinationPath ('{0}\Desktop\Mingw haskell shell.lnk' -f $HOME)
-Create-Shortcut -SourceExe 'https://www.msys2.org/docs/package-management' -ArgumentsToSourceExe '' -DestinationPath ('{0}\Desktop\Mingw package management docs.url' -f $HOME)
-
-Print-Msg -msg ('Adding {0}\bin to Users Path...' -f $GhcupDir)
-Add-EnvPath -Path ('{0}\bin' -f ([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath("$GhcupDir"))) -Container 'User'
-
-if ($CabalDir) {
-  $CabDirEnv = $CabalDir
-  if (!($CabDirEnv)) {
-    Print-Msg -color Red -msg "No directory specified!"
-    Exit 1        
-  } elseif (!(Split-Path -IsAbsolute -Path "$CabDirEnv")) {
-    Print-Msg -color Red -msg "Invalid/Non-absolute Path specified"
-    Exit 1
-  }
-} elseif (!($Silent)) {
-  while ($true) {
-
-    $defaultCabalDir = ('{0}\cabal' -f $GhcupBasePrefix)
-    Print-Msg -color Magenta -msg ('Specify Cabal directory (this is where haskell packages end up). Press enter to accept the default [{0}]:' -f $defaultCabalDir)
-    $CabalDirPrompt = Read-Host
-    $CabDirEnv = ($defaultCabalDir,$CabalDirPrompt)[[bool]$CabalDirPrompt]
-
-    if (!($CabDirEnv)) {
-      Print-Msg -color Red -msg "No directory specified!"         
-    } elseif (!(Split-Path -IsAbsolute -Path "$CabDirEnv")) {
-      Print-Msg -color Red -msg "Invalid/Non-absolute Path specified"
-    } else {
-      Break
-    }
-  }
-} else {
-  $CabDirEnv = ('{0}\cabal' -f $GhcupBasePrefix)
-}
-
-$CabalDirFull = [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath("$CabDirEnv")
-Print-Msg -msg ('Setting CABAL_DIR to ''{0}''' -f $CabalDirFull)
-$null = [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("CABAL_DIR", $CabalDirFull, [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
-
-Print-Msg -msg 'Starting GHCup installer...'
-
-$Msys2Shell = ('{0}\msys2_shell.cmd' -f $MsysDir)
-
-if ($Silent) {
-  $SilentExport = 'export BOOTSTRAP_HASKELL_NONINTERACTIVE=1 ;'
-} else {
-  $SilentExport = ''
-}
-
-if ((Get-Process -ID $PID).ProcessName.StartsWith("bootstrap-haskell")) {
-  Exec "$Bash" '-lc' ('{4} [ -n ''{1}'' ] && export GHCUP_MSYS2=$(cygpath -m ''{1}'') ; [ -n ''{2}'' ] && export GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX=$(cygpath -m ''{2}/'') ; export PATH=$(cygpath -u ''{3}/bin''):$PATH ; export CABAL_DIR=''{5}'' ; curl --proto ''=https'' --tlsv1.2 -sSf {0} | bash' -f $BootstrapUrl, $MsysDir, $GhcupBasePrefix, $GhcupDir, $SilentExport, $CabalDirFull)
-} else {
-  Exec "$Msys2Shell" '-mingw64' '-mintty' '-c' ('{4} [ -n ''{1}'' ] && export GHCUP_MSYS2=$(cygpath -m ''{1}'') ; [ -n ''{2}'' ] && export GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX=$(cygpath -m ''{2}/'') ; export PATH=$(cygpath -u ''{3}/bin''):$PATH ; export CABAL_DIR=''{5}'' ; trap ''echo Press any key to exit && read -n 1 && exit'' 2 ; curl --proto =https --tlsv1.2 -sSf -k {0} | bash ; echo ''Press any key to exit'' && read -n 1' -f $BootstrapUrl, $MsysDir, $GhcupBasePrefix, $GhcupDir, $SilentExport, $CabalDirFull)
-}
-
-
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-# SIG # End signature block
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ packages: ./ghcup.cabal

 optimization: 2

+package streamly
+    ghc-options: -O2 -fspec-constr-recursive=16 -fmax-worker-args=16
+
 package ghcup
+    ghc-options: -O2 -fspec-constr-recursive=16 -fmax-worker-args=16
    tests: True
    flags: +tui

@@ -16,4 +20,4 @@ constraints: http-io-streams -brotli
 package libarchive
  flags: -system-libarchive

-allow-newer: base, ghc-prim, template-haskell, language-c
+allow-newer: base, ghc-prim, template-haskell
--- a/cabal.project.freeze
+++ b/cabal.project.freeze
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-- windows picks weird version
-constraints: any.hsc2hs ==0.68.7
--- a/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml
+++ b/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/7.10.3/ghc-7.10.3-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.bz2
              dlSubdir: ghc-7.10.3
              dlHash: 2aa396edd2bb651f4bc7eef7a396913ea24923de5aafdc76df6295333e487e48
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/7.10.3/ghc-7.10.3-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-7.10.3
+              dlHash: 63e1689fc9e2809ae4d7f422b4dc810052e54c9aa2afd08746e234180e711dde
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-7103-32-deb8
@@ -236,6 +241,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.0.2/ghc-8.0.2-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.0.2
              dlHash: b36a20e5cae24d70bbb6116ae486f21811e9384f15d3892d260f02fba3e3bb8c
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.0.2/ghc-8.0.2-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.0.2
+              dlHash: 8c42c1f4af995205b9816a1e97e2752fe758544c1f5fe77958cdcd319c9c2d53
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            '( >= 7 && < 8 )':
@@ -300,6 +310,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.2.2
              dlHash: cd351c704b92b9af23994024df07de8ca7090ea7675d5c8b14b2be857a46d804
            unknown_versioning: *ghc-822-64-fbsd11
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.2.2/ghc-8.2.2-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.2.2
+              dlHash: 1e033df2092aa546e763e7be63167720b32df64f76673ea1ce7ae7c9f564b223
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            '( >= 7 && < 8 )':
@@ -359,6 +374,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.1/ghc-8.4.1-x86_64-portbld11-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.4.1
              dlHash: e748daec098445c6190090fe32bb2817a1140553be5acd2188e1af05ad24e5aa
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.1/ghc-8.4.1-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.4.1
+              dlHash: 328b013fc651d34e075019107e58bb6c8a578f0155cf3ad4557e6f2661b03131
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-841-32-deb8
@@ -414,6 +434,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.2/ghc-8.4.2-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.4.2
              dlHash: e9ed417fdf94c2ff2c6e344ed16f332bf6b591511f6442c0d9ea94854882b66c
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.2/ghc-8.4.2-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.4.2
+              dlHash: 797634aa9812fc6b2084a24ddb4fde44fa83a2f59daea82e0af81ca3dd323fde
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-842-32-deb8
@@ -464,6 +489,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.3/ghc-8.4.3-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.4.3
              dlHash: af0b455f6c46b9802b4b48dad996619cfa27cc6e2bf2ce5532387b4a8c00aa64
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.3/ghc-8.4.3-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.4.3
+              dlHash: 8a83cfbf9ae84de0443c39c93b931693bdf2a6d4bf163ffb41855f80f4bf883e
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-843-32-deb8
@@ -532,6 +562,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.4/ghc-8.4.4-x86_64-portbld-freebsd11.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.4.4
              dlHash: 44fbd142d1c355d6110595c59c760e2c73866ff9259ec85ebf814edb244d1940
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.4/ghc-8.4.4-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.4.4
+              dlHash: da29dbb0f1199611c7d5bb7b0dd6a7426ca98f67dfd6da1526b033cd3830dc05
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-844-32-deb8
@@ -592,6 +627,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.1/ghc-8.6.1-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.1
              dlHash: 51403b054a3a649039ac988e1d1112561f96750bfced63df864091a3fab36f08
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.1/ghc-8.6.1-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.1
+              dlHash: 7316d9cb5e486460476754f872c7bac30ee2082e42f46da4342f872d10b88099
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-861-32-deb8
@@ -638,6 +678,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.2/ghc-8.6.2-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.2
              dlHash: 8ec46a25872226dd7e5cf7271e3f3450c05f32144b96e6b9cb44cc4079db50dc
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.2/ghc-8.6.2-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.2
+              dlHash: 9a398e133cab09ff2610834337355d4e26c35e0665403fb9ff8db79315f74d3d
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-862-32-deb8
@@ -702,6 +747,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.3/ghc-8.6.3-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.3
              dlHash: bc2419fa180f8a7808c49775987866435995df9bdd9ce08bcd38352d63ba6031
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.3/ghc-8.6.3-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.3
+              dlHash: 2fec383904e5fa79413e9afd328faf9bc700006c8c3d4bcdd8d4f2ccf0f7fa2a
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-863-32-deb8
@@ -752,6 +802,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.4/ghc-8.6.4-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.4
              dlHash: cccb58f142fe41b601d73690809f6089f7715b6a50a09aa3d0104176ab4db09e
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.4/ghc-8.6.4-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.4
+              dlHash: e8d021b7a90772fc559862079da20538498d991956d7557b468ca19ddda22a08
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-864-32-deb9
@@ -820,6 +875,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/ghcup/unofficial-bindists/ghc/8.6.5/ghc-8.6.5-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.5
              dlHash: 83a3059a630d40a98e26cb5b520354e12094a96e36ba2f5ab002dad94cf2fb37
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.6.5/ghc-8.6.5-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.6.5
+              dlHash: 457024c6ea43bdce340af428d86319931f267089398b859b00efdfe2fd4ce93f
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-865-32-deb9
@@ -890,6 +950,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.8.1/ghc-8.8.1-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.8.1
              dlHash: 38c8917b47c31bedf58c9305dfca3abe198d8d35570366f0773c4e2948bd8abe
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.8.1/ghc-8.8.1-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.8.1
+              dlHash: 29e56e6af38017a5a76b2b6995a39d3988fa58131e4b55b62dd317ba7186ac9b
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-881-32-deb9
@@ -949,6 +1014,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.8.2/ghc-8.8.2-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.8.2
              dlHash: 25c5c1a70036abf3f22b2b19c10d26adfdb08e8f8574f89d4b2042de5947f990
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.8.2/ghc-8.8.2-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.8.2
+              dlHash: e25d9b16ee62cafc7387af2cd021eea676a99cd2c32b83533b016162c63065d9
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-882-32-deb9
@@ -1013,6 +1083,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/ghcup/unofficial-bindists/ghc/8.8.3/ghc-8.8.3-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.8.3
              dlHash: 569719075b4d14b3875a899df522090ae31e6fe085e6dffe518e875b09a2f0be
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.8.3/ghc-8.8.3-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.8.3
+              dlHash: e22586762af0911c06e8140f1792e3ca381a3a482a20d67b9054883038b3a422
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-883-32-deb9
@@ -1087,6 +1162,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/ghcup/unofficial-bindists/ghc/8.8.4/ghc-8.8.4-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.8.4
              dlHash: 8cebe5ccf454e82acd1ff52ca57590d1ab0f3f44a981b46257ec12158c8c447e
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.8.4/ghc-8.8.4-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.8.4
+              dlHash: d185055d2c8dc3bfe5b88afd59d6877eb1e722b672d1c9649f18296e148ed71f
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            unknown_versioning: &ghc-884-32-deb9
@@ -1164,6 +1244,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/ghcup/unofficial-bindists/ghc/8.10.1/ghc-8.10.1-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.1
              dlHash: e8646ec9b60fd40aa9505ee055f22f04601290ab7a1342c2cf37c34de9d3f142
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.1/ghc-8.10.1-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.1
+              dlHash: 38a3166ea50cccd5bae7e1680eae3aae2b4ae31b61f82a1d8168fb821f43bd67
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            '( >= 9 && < 10 )': &ghc-8101-32-deb9
@@ -1254,6 +1339,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.2/ghc-8.10.2-x86_64-unknown-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.2
              dlHash: 9e5957f3497f4b58ecd3699568d9caaa11a47a6d7e902032c261e450fa0f6686
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.2/ghc-8.10.2-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.2
+              dlHash: dcae4c173b9896e07ff048de5509aa0a4537233150e06e5ce8848303dfadc176
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            '( >= 9 && < 10 )': &ghc-8102-32-deb9
@@ -1286,7 +1376,6 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlHash: bb9c97826b1f4d7a8ef8bce0616b612f1ded10480ef10fcf7fb4e6d10a6681c8
    8.10.3:
      viTags:
-      - old
      - base-4.14.1.0
      viChangeLog: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.3/docs/html/users_guide/8.10.3-notes.html
      viSourceDL:
@@ -1344,6 +1433,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.3/ghc-8.10.3-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.3
              dlHash: 749007e995104db05cf6e3ad5bc36238cab8afac8055145661e5730e8f8af040
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.3/ghc-8.10.3-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.3
+              dlHash: 927a6c699533a115cd49772ef2c753d9af2c13bf9f0b2d3bd13645cc6a144ee3
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            '( >= 9 && < 10 )': &ghc-8103-32-deb9
@@ -1376,6 +1470,7 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlHash: b823b58cae36fbac0741680ca7605180fa4cf4c6ae439123d282184b94d32fd6
    8.10.4:
      viTags:
+      - Recommended
      - base-4.14.1.0
      viChangeLog: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.4/docs/html/users_guide/8.10.4-notes.html
      viSourceDL:
@@ -1383,7 +1478,7 @@ ghcupDownloads:
        dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.4
        dlHash: 52af871b4e08550257d720c2944ac85727d0b948407cef1bebfe7508c224910e
      viPostRemove: *ghc-post-remove
-      viPreCompile: &ghc-pre-compile "If you have autoconf >= 2.70 you'll need this patch https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/snippets/2040 (see the --patchdir option)"
+      viPreCompile: "If you have autoconf >= 2.70 you'll need this patch https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/snippets/2040 (see the --patchdir option)"
      viArch:
        A_64:
          Linux_Debian:
@@ -1434,6 +1529,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.4/ghc-8.10.4-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.4
              dlHash: c9776a2ccf9629b03e967206a507fcdcb6c5189800a626e9461ababf6733c357
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.4/ghc-8.10.4-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.4
+              dlHash: e9175a276504c3390a5e0084954e6997d56078737dbe7158049518892cf6bfb2
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            '( >= 9 && < 10 )': &ghc-8104-32-deb9
@@ -1464,97 +1564,6 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.4/ghc-8.10.4-armv7-deb10-linux.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.4
              dlHash: 0d18ef83593272f6196a41cc3abdc48dfe5e14372db75d71ea19fe35320c4e81
-    8.10.5:
-      viTags:
-      - Recommended
-      - base-4.14.2.0
-      viChangeLog: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/docs/html/users_guide/8.10.5-notes.html
-      viSourceDL:
-        dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-src.tar.xz
-        dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-        dlHash: f10941f16e4fbd98580ab5241b9271bb0851304560c4d5ca127e3b0e20e3076f
-      viPostRemove: *ghc-post-remove
-      viPreCompile: *ghc-pre-compile
-      viArch:
-        A_64:
-          Linux_Debian:
-            '( >= 9 && < 10 )': &ghc-8105-64-deb9
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-x86_64-deb9-linux.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-              dlHash: 15e71325c3bdfe3804be0f84c2fc5c913d811322d19b0f4d4cff20f29cdd804d
-            '( >= 10 && < 11 )': &ghc-8105-64-deb10
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-x86_64-deb10-linux.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-              dlHash: bc623c20ca4c5c18e952071ba14aa0cfc5c94d34219bffaa615f7b491f376787
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-64-deb9
-          Linux_Ubuntu:
-            unknown_versioning: &ghc-8105-64-fedora
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-x86_64-fedora27-linux.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-              dlHash: 73528ebfb219b50aa9042ee51a0a2bd764828d605f058404989d0b645752d210
-            '( >= 16 && < 19 )': *ghc-8105-64-deb9
-          Linux_Mint:
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-64-deb10
-          Linux_Fedora:
-            '( >= 27 && < 28 )': *ghc-8105-64-fedora
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-64-fedora
-          Linux_CentOS:
-            '( >= 7 && < 8 )': &ghc-8105-64-centos
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-x86_64-centos7-linux.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-              dlHash: 4cdb259ec74d1408dab45dab20dcedc21690f39921c2ea4546486fb3e81f4fbd
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-64-centos
-          Linux_RedHat:
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-64-centos
-          Linux_Alpine:
-            unknown_versioning:
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-x86_64-alpine3.10-linux-integer-simple.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5-x86_64-unknown-linux
-              dlHash: f4d7cd9ed12a4b8592219c9a63a86db1a256a09fa9e6ed755a60afc57dc782e2
-          Linux_AmazonLinux:
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-64-centos
-          Linux_UnknownLinux:
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-64-fedora
-          Darwin:
-            unknown_versioning:
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-              dlHash: ef0f47eff8962d58fa447123636cf8ef31c1e5b2d0ae90177d3388861ddf4a22
-          # FreeBSD:
-          #   unknown_versioning:
-          #     dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
-          #     dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-          #     dlHash: c9776a2ccf9629b03e967206a507fcdcb6c5189800a626e9461ababf6733c357
-        A_32:
-          Linux_Debian:
-            '( >= 9 && < 10 )': &ghc-8105-32-deb9
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-i386-deb9-linux.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-              dlHash: 0ccb5b2c1222374874795c35410754dd650f649b774872abbea2a4ef21ac9c9d
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-32-deb9
-          Linux_Ubuntu:
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-32-deb9
-          Linux_Mint:
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-32-deb9
-          Linux_UnknownLinux:
-            unknown_versioning: *ghc-8105-32-deb9
-          Linux_Alpine:
-            unknown_versioning:
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/unofficial-bindists/ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-i386-alpine-linux.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-              dlHash: 0e91abe61607f9375d4e252ee9c261e4856df396f60641bb1b880ab8a3a83ea7
-        A_ARM64:
-          Linux_UnknownLinux:
-            unknown_versioning:
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-aarch64-deb10-linux.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-              dlHash: 9a085cd8a7f8e0ace21ac67dbf659a56fcf41564b48817ba42cd8a1aac7f0ddc
-        A_ARM:
-          Linux_UnknownLinux:
-            unknown_versioning:
-              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.5/ghc-8.10.5-armv7-deb10-linux.tar.xz
-              dlSubdir: ghc-8.10.5
-              dlHash: 56170d1a8450e18b7eb9c23c94723da352815b27ec250bb23742a62f16dcab6c
    9.0.1:
      viTags:
      - Latest
@@ -1615,6 +1624,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/9.0.1/ghc-9.0.1-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-9.0.1
              dlHash: 9dbc06d8832cae5c9f86dd7b2db729b3748a47beb4fd4b1e62bb66119817c3c1
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/9.0.1/ghc-9.0.1-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-9.0.1-x86_64-unknown-mingw32
+              dlHash: 4f4ab118df01cbc7e7c510096deca0cb25025339a97730de0466416296202493
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            '( >= 9 && < 10 )': &ghc-901-32-deb9
@@ -1705,6 +1719,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/9.2.1-alpha2/ghc-9.2.0.20210422-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz
              dlSubdir: ghc-9.2.0.20210422
              dlHash: 8884c059f2b76e4c4309ff6bd7a7dde37663f751fd26220e9a2bcabb4d69a401
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/9.2.1-alpha2/ghc-9.2.0.20210422-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.tar.xz
+              dlSubdir: ghc-9.0.1-x86_64-unknown-mingw32
+              dlHash: 33f173b754d18f26bb27f52bb77a92fd22a48675daa2b43a1879bf01dddd7e8f
        A_32:
          Linux_Debian:
            '( >= 9 && < 10 )': &ghc-921-alpha2-32-deb9
@@ -1757,6 +1776,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-2.4.1.0/cabal-install-2.4.1.0-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlSubdir:
              dlHash: 33b7d37ea0688c93436eac9ec139d9967687875aa1fa13f2bb73bf05a9a59a1d
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-2.4.1.0/cabal-install-2.4.1.0-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.zip
+              dlSubdir:
+              dlHash: 95f233efedb1ebf0e6db015fa2f55c1ed00b9938d207ec63c066f706fb4b6373
        A_32:
          Linux_UnknownLinux:
            unknown_versioning:
@@ -1785,6 +1809,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
            unknown_versioning:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-3.0.0.0/cabal-install-3.0.0.0-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlHash: 2240842ab2ae7b955feb8b526aba1c7991248c803383107adf39990441294d2a
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-3.0.0.0/cabal-install-3.0.0.0-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.zip
+              dlSubdir:
+              dlHash: 8889963ebef5e829d86329fdb59832c107efd117cf7862a605f2fe2d2360de1f
        A_32:
          Linux_Alpine:
            unknown_versioning:
@@ -1816,6 +1845,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
            unknown_versioning:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-3.2.0.0/cabal-install-3.2.0.0-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz
              dlHash: f1e35151cca91541b0fb4bdb3ed18f3c348038eab751845ad19c11307d66c273
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-3.2.0.0/cabal-install-3.2.0.0-x86_64-unknown-mingw32.zip
+              dlSubdir:
+              dlHash: 17778c3ade0482bc37f451eec326f8fce8fbe1f12b1d6aacb2e2b9e34786c054
        A_32:
          Linux_Alpine:
            unknown_versioning:
@@ -1850,6 +1884,11 @@ ghcupDownloads:
            unknown_versioning:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-3.4.0.0/cabal-install-3.4.0.0-x86_64-freebsd-12.1-release.tar.xz
              dlHash: a1e2db664ec00e42a1e071a4181f6476f6e0bad321f1ddc0cf27831119f4c6d4
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-3.4.0.0/cabal-install-3.4.0.0-x86_64-windows.zip
+              dlSubdir:
+              dlHash: 860fff2d39a82d1dc0ca924a77164d0988af49c2c5f45e15d615144122beb647
        A_32:
          Linux_UnknownLinux:
            unknown_versioning: &cabal-3400-32
@@ -1888,6 +1927,10 @@ ghcupDownloads:
            unknown_versioning:
              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/0.1.14.1/x86_64-portbld-freebsd-ghcup-0.1.14.1
              dlHash: 89a70980d77888dae8b9fd0f05e7a7920f421bc3bb5192da8e73fd4e7b4cb86f
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://TODO
+              dlHash: 89a70980d77888dae8b9fd0f05e7a7920f421bc3bb5192da8e73fd4e7b4cb86f
          Linux_Alpine:
            unknown_versioning: *ghcup-64
        A_32:
@@ -1924,5 +1967,63 @@ ghcupDownloads:
            unknown_versioning:
              dlUri: https://github.com/haskell/haskell-language-server/releases/download/1.1.0/haskell-language-server-macOS-1.1.0.tar.gz
              dlHash: 4e89b192e2f49637d772e974f2c17b16da067ecd5912575eaa542551de97681b
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://downloads.haskell.org/ghcup/unofficial-bindists/hls/1.1.0/haskell-language-server-Windows-1.1.0.tar.gz
+              dlHash: a1d3f451e64a041aa527a25da29e4716a2de6ae347cef4ef9312fc7611e168cc
          Linux_Alpine:
            unknown_versioning: *hls-64
+  Stack:
+    2.5.1:
+      viTags: []
+      viChangeLog: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/blob/master/ChangeLog.md#v251
+      viArch:
+        A_64:
+          Linux_UnknownLinux:
+            unknown_versioning: &stack-251-64
+              dlUri: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/download/v2.5.1/stack-2.5.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+              dlHash: c83b6c93d6541c0bce2175085a04062020f4160a86116e20f3b343b562f2d1e8
+              dlSubdir:
+                RegexDir: "stack-.*"
+          Darwin:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/download/v2.5.1/stack-2.5.1-osx-x86_64.tar.gz
+              dlHash: f4aedfa8fbe371f77286ee97ec5c3c553842e7ae15b2952a8b8442dccba04bf0
+              dlSubdir:
+                RegexDir: "stack-.*"
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/download/v2.5.1/stack-2.5.1-windows-x86_64.tar.gz
+              dlHash: 57150b422cfd42249f5e629d0eb678df6d95dabe486ced57e8298d300b940d41
+              dlSubdir:
+                RegexDir: "stack-.*"
+          Linux_Alpine:
+            unknown_versioning: *stack-251-64
+    2.7.1:
+      viTags:
+        - Recommended
+        - Latest
+      viChangeLog: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/blob/master/ChangeLog.md#v271
+      viArch:
+        A_64:
+          Linux_UnknownLinux:
+            unknown_versioning: &stack-64
+              dlUri: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/download/v2.7.1/stack-2.7.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+              dlHash: 2bc47749ee4be5eccb52a2d4a6a00b0f3b28b92517742b40c675836d7db2777d
+              dlSubdir:
+                RegexDir: "stack-.*"
+          Darwin:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/download/v2.7.1/stack-2.7.1-osx-x86_64.tar.gz
+              dlHash: 4248c6fbc87e8a2c06f39e867eb5ef28eae0d99470137cb415356c631c0dcbf2
+              dlSubdir:
+                RegexDir: "stack-.*"
+          Windows:
+            unknown_versioning:
+              dlUri: https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/download/v2.7.1/stack-2.7.1-windows-x86_64.tar.gz
+              dlHash: 8452f5fc9235620a84863f2f68e5f681c72d0d181cde50482f178a966ee0ceb9
+              dlSubdir:
+                RegexDir: "stack-.*"
+          Linux_Alpine:
+            unknown_versioning: *stack-64
+
--- a/ghcup-0.0.5.yaml
+++ b/ghcup-0.0.5.yaml
--- a/ghcup.cabal
+++ b/ghcup.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:   3.0
 name:            ghcup
-version:         0.1.15
+version:         0.1.14.2
 license:         LGPL-3.0-only
 license-file:    LICENSE
 copyright:       Julian Ospald 2020
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ extra-doc-files:
  CHANGELOG.md
  config.yaml
  ghcup-0.0.4.yaml
-  ghcup-0.0.5.yaml
  HACKING.md
  README.md
  RELEASING.md
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ flag internal-downloader

 flag tar
  description:
-    Use tar-bytestring instead of libarchive.
+    Use tar-bytestring instead of libarchive. This is always enabled on windows.

  default:     False
  manual:      True
@@ -76,20 +75,14 @@ library
  autogen-modules:    Paths_ghcup
  default-language:   Haskell2010
  default-extensions:
-    DeriveGeneric
    LambdaCase
    MultiWayIf
-    NamedFieldPuns
    PackageImports
-    QuasiQuotes
    RecordWildCards
    ScopedTypeVariables
    Strict
    StrictData
    TupleSections
-    TypeApplications
-    TypeFamilies
-    ViewPatterns

  ghc-options:
    -Wall -fwarn-tabs -fwarn-incomplete-uni-patterns
@@ -125,14 +118,17 @@ library
    , parsec                ^>=3.1
    , pretty                ^>=1.1.3.1
    , pretty-terminal       ^>=0.1.0.0
+    , process               ^>=1.6.9.0
    , regex-posix           ^>=0.96
    , resourcet             ^>=1.2.2
    , safe                  ^>=0.3.18
    , safe-exceptions       ^>=0.1
    , split                 ^>=0.2.3.4
+    , streamly              ^>=0.7.3
+    , streamly-bytestring   ^>=0.1.2
    , strict-base           ^>=0.4
    , string-interpolate    >=0.2.0.0    && <0.4
-    , template-haskell      >=2.7        && <2.18
+    , template-haskell      >=2.7        && <2.17
    , temporary             ^>=1.3
    , text                  ^>=1.2.4.0
    , time                  ^>=1.9.3
@@ -145,7 +141,7 @@ library
    , versions              ^>=4.0.1
    , word8                 ^>=0.1.3
    , yaml                  ^>=0.11.4.0
-    , zip                   ^>=1.7.1
+    , zip                   ^>=1.7.0
    , zlib                  ^>=0.6.2.2

  if (flag(internal-downloader) && !os(windows))
@@ -154,7 +150,7 @@ library
    build-depends:
      , HsOpenSSL              >=0.11.4.18
      , http-io-streams        >=0.1.2.0
-      , io-streams             >=1.5.2.1
+      , io-streams             >=1.5
      , terminal-progress-bar  >=0.4.1

  if (flag(tar) || os(windows))
@@ -167,18 +163,14 @@ library
  if os(windows)
    cpp-options:   -DIS_WINDOWS
    other-modules: GHCup.Utils.File.Windows
-    build-depends:
-      , bzlib
-      , process  ^>=1.6.11.0
-      , retry    ^>=0.8.1.2
-      , Win32    ^>=2.10
+    build-depends: bzlib

  else
    other-modules: GHCup.Utils.File.Posix
    build-depends:
-      , bz2              >=0.5.0.5 && <1.1
+        bz2              >=0.5.0.5 && <1.1
      , hpath-posix      ^>=0.13.3
-      , process          ^>=1.6.9
+      , streamly-posix   ^>=0.1.0.0
      , unix             ^>=2.7
      , unix-bytestring  ^>=0.3.7.3

@@ -193,7 +185,6 @@ executable ghcup
  default-extensions:
    LambdaCase
    MultiWayIf
-    NamedFieldPuns
    PackageImports
    RecordWildCards
    ScopedTypeVariables
@@ -206,6 +197,7 @@ executable ghcup
    -fwarn-incomplete-record-updates -threaded

  build-depends:
+    , aeson                 >=1.4      && <1.6
    , base                  >=4.13     && <5
    , bytestring            ^>=0.10
    , containers            ^>=0.6
@@ -222,7 +214,7 @@ executable ghcup
    , safe                  ^>=0.3.18
    , safe-exceptions       ^>=0.1
    , string-interpolate    >=0.2.0.0  && <0.4
-    , template-haskell      >=2.7      && <2.18
+    , template-haskell      >=2.7      && <2.17
    , text                  ^>=1.2.4.0
    , uri-bytestring        ^>=0.3.2.2
    , utf8-string           ^>=1.0
@@ -235,13 +227,9 @@ executable ghcup
    cpp-options:   -DBRICK
    other-modules: BrickMain
    build-depends:
-      , brick         >=0.5    && <0.62
-      , transformers  ^>=0.5
-      , vector        ^>=0.12
-      , vty           >=5.28.2 && <5.34
-
-  if os(windows)
-    cpp-options: -DIS_WINDOWS
+      , brick   >=0.5    && <0.62
+      , vector  ^>=0.12
+      , vty     >=5.28.2 && <5.34

  if (flag(tar) || os(windows))
    cpp-options: -DTAR
@@ -255,26 +243,20 @@ executable ghcup-gen
  other-modules:      Validate
  default-language:   Haskell2010
  default-extensions:
-    DeriveGeneric
    LambdaCase
    MultiWayIf
-    NamedFieldPuns
    PackageImports
-    QuasiQuotes
    RecordWildCards
    ScopedTypeVariables
-    Strict
-    StrictData
    TupleSections
-    TypeApplications
-    TypeFamilies
-    ViewPatterns

  ghc-options:
    -Wall -fwarn-tabs -fwarn-incomplete-uni-patterns
    -fwarn-incomplete-record-updates -threaded

  build-depends:
+    , aeson                 >=1.4      && <1.6
+    , aeson-pretty          ^>=0.8.8
    , base                  >=4.13     && <5
    , bytestring            ^>=0.10
    , containers            ^>=0.6
@@ -294,6 +276,7 @@ executable ghcup-gen
    , text                  ^>=1.2.4.0
    , transformers          ^>=0.5
    , uri-bytestring        ^>=0.3.2.2
+    , utf8-string           ^>=1.0
    , versions              ^>=4.0.1
    , yaml                  ^>=0.11.4.0

@@ -333,7 +316,7 @@ test-suite ghcup-test
    , generic-arbitrary         ^>=0.1.0
    , ghcup
    , hspec                     ^>=2.7.10
-    , hspec-golden-aeson        ^>=0.9
+    , hspec-golden-aeson        >=0.9 && <0.10
    , QuickCheck                ^>=2.14.1
    , quickcheck-arbitrary-adt  ^>=0.3.1.0
    , text                      ^>=1.2.4.0
--- a/golden/GHCupInfo.json
+++ b/golden/GHCupInfo.json
--- a/lib/GHCup.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup.hs
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE CPP                   #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric         #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts      #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances     #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings     #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell       #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns          #-}

 {-|
 Module      : GHCup
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ installGHCBindist :: ( MonadFail m
                     )
                  => DownloadInfo    -- ^ where/how to download
                  -> Version         -- ^ the version to install
+                  -> PlatformRequest -- ^ the platform to install on
                  -> Excepts
                       '[ AlreadyInstalled
                        , BuildFailed
@@ -123,22 +128,20 @@ installGHCBindist :: ( MonadFail m
                        ]
                       m
                       ()
-installGHCBindist dlinfo ver = do
-  AppState { dirs , settings } <- lift ask
-
+installGHCBindist dlinfo ver pfreq = do
  let tver = mkTVer ver
  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|Requested to install GHC with #{ver}|]
  whenM (lift $ ghcInstalled tver) (throwE $ AlreadyInstalled GHC ver)

  -- download (or use cached version)
-  dl                           <- liftE $ downloadCached settings dirs dlinfo Nothing
+  dl                           <- liftE $ downloadCached dlinfo Nothing

  -- prepare paths
  ghcdir <- lift $ ghcupGHCDir tver

  toolchainSanityChecks
  
-  liftE $ installPackedGHC dl (view dlSubdir dlinfo) ghcdir ver
+  liftE $ installPackedGHC dl (view dlSubdir dlinfo) ghcdir ver pfreq

  liftE $ postGHCInstall tver

@@ -167,6 +170,7 @@ installPackedGHC :: ( MonadMask m
                 -> Maybe TarDir      -- ^ Subdir of the archive
                 -> FilePath          -- ^ Path to install to
                 -> Version           -- ^ The GHC version
+                 -> PlatformRequest
                 -> Excepts
                      '[ BuildFailed
                       , UnknownArchive
@@ -175,13 +179,11 @@ installPackedGHC :: ( MonadMask m
                       , ArchiveResult
 #endif
                       ] m ()
-installPackedGHC dl msubdir inst ver = do
-  AppState { pfreq = PlatformRequest {..} } <- lift ask
-
+installPackedGHC dl msubdir inst ver pfreq@PlatformRequest{..} = do
  -- unpack
  tmpUnpack <- lift mkGhcupTmpDir
  liftE $ unpackToDir tmpUnpack dl
-  void $ lift $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack
+  void $ liftIO $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack

  -- the subdir of the archive where we do the work
  workdir <- maybe (pure tmpUnpack)
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ installPackedGHC dl msubdir inst ver = do

  liftE $ runBuildAction tmpUnpack
                         (Just inst)
-                         (installUnpackedGHC workdir inst ver)
+                         (installUnpackedGHC workdir inst ver pfreq)


 -- | Install an unpacked GHC distribution. This only deals with the GHC
@@ -203,36 +205,30 @@ installUnpackedGHC :: ( MonadReader AppState m
                   => FilePath      -- ^ Path to the unpacked GHC bindist (where the configure script resides)
                   -> FilePath      -- ^ Path to install to
                   -> Version       -- ^ The GHC version
+                   -> PlatformRequest
                   -> Excepts '[ProcessError] m ()
 #if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-installUnpackedGHC path inst _ = do
+installUnpackedGHC path inst _ _ = do
  lift $ $(logInfo) "Installing GHC (this may take a while)"
  -- windows bindists are relocatable and don't need
  -- to run configure
  liftIO $ copyDirectoryRecursive path inst
 #else
-installUnpackedGHC path inst ver = do
-  AppState { pfreq = PlatformRequest {..} } <- lift ask
-
-  let alpineArgs
-       | ver >= [vver|8.2.2|], Linux Alpine <- _rPlatform
-       = ["--disable-ld-override"]
-       | otherwise
-       = []
-
+installUnpackedGHC path inst ver PlatformRequest{..} = do
  lift $ $(logInfo) "Installing GHC (this may take a while)"
  lEM $ execLogged "sh"
-                   ("./configure" : ("--prefix=" <> inst) 
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-                    : "--enable-tarballs-autodownload"
-#endif
-                    : alpineArgs
-                   )
+                   ("./configure" : ("--prefix=" <> inst) : alpineArgs)
                   (Just path)
                   "ghc-configure"
                   Nothing
  lEM $ make ["install"] (Just path)
  pure ()
+ where
+  alpineArgs
+    | ver >= [vver|8.2.2|], Linux Alpine <- _rPlatform
+    = ["--disable-ld-override"]
+    | otherwise
+    = []
 #endif


@@ -250,7 +246,9 @@ installGHCBin :: ( MonadFail m
                 , MonadIO m
                 , MonadUnliftIO m
                 )
-              => Version         -- ^ the version to install
+              => GHCupDownloads  -- ^ the download info to look up the tarball from
+              -> Version         -- ^ the version to install
+              -> PlatformRequest -- ^ the platform to install on
              -> Excepts
                   '[ AlreadyInstalled
                    , BuildFailed
@@ -266,11 +264,9 @@ installGHCBin :: ( MonadFail m
                    ]
                   m
                   ()
-installGHCBin ver = do
-  AppState { pfreq
-           , ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
-  dlinfo <- lE $ getDownloadInfo GHC ver pfreq dls
-  installGHCBindist dlinfo ver
+installGHCBin bDls ver pfreq = do
+  dlinfo <- lE $ getDownloadInfo GHC ver pfreq bDls
+  installGHCBindist dlinfo ver pfreq


 -- | Like 'installCabalBin', except takes the 'DownloadInfo' as
@@ -286,6 +282,7 @@ installCabalBindist :: ( MonadMask m
                       )
                    => DownloadInfo
                    -> Version
+                    -> PlatformRequest
                    -> Excepts
                         '[ AlreadyInstalled
                          , CopyError
@@ -301,29 +298,27 @@ installCabalBindist :: ( MonadMask m
                          ]
                         m
                         ()
-installCabalBindist dlinfo ver = do
+installCabalBindist dlinfo ver PlatformRequest {..} = do
  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|Requested to install cabal version #{ver}|]

-  AppState { dirs = dirs@Dirs {..}
-           , pfreq = PlatformRequest {..}
-           , settings } <- lift ask
+  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask

  whenM
      (lift (cabalInstalled ver) >>= \a -> liftIO $
        handleIO (\_ -> pure False)
          $ fmap (\x -> a && x)
          -- ignore when the installation is a legacy cabal (binary, not symlink)
-          $ pathIsLink (binDir </> "cabal" <> exeExt)
+          $ pathIsSymbolicLink (binDir </> "cabal" <> exeExt)
      )
      (throwE $ AlreadyInstalled Cabal ver)

  -- download (or use cached version)
-  dl                           <- liftE $ downloadCached settings dirs dlinfo Nothing
+  dl                           <- liftE $ downloadCached dlinfo Nothing

  -- unpack
  tmpUnpack                    <- lift withGHCupTmpDir
  liftE $ unpackToDir tmpUnpack dl
-  void $ lift $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack
+  void $ liftIO $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack

  -- the subdir of the archive where we do the work
  workdir <- maybe (pure tmpUnpack) (liftE . intoSubdir tmpUnpack) (view dlSubdir dlinfo)
@@ -365,7 +360,9 @@ installCabalBin :: ( MonadMask m
                   , MonadUnliftIO m
                   , MonadFail m
                   )
-                => Version
+                => GHCupDownloads
+                -> Version
+                -> PlatformRequest
                -> Excepts
                     '[ AlreadyInstalled
                      , CopyError
@@ -381,11 +378,9 @@ installCabalBin :: ( MonadMask m
                      ]
                     m
                     ()
-installCabalBin ver = do
-  AppState { pfreq
-           , ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
-  dlinfo <- lE $ getDownloadInfo Cabal ver pfreq dls
-  installCabalBindist dlinfo ver
+installCabalBin bDls ver pfreq = do
+  dlinfo <- lE $ getDownloadInfo Cabal ver pfreq bDls
+  installCabalBindist dlinfo ver pfreq


 -- | Like 'installHLSBin, except takes the 'DownloadInfo' as
@@ -401,6 +396,7 @@ installHLSBindist :: ( MonadMask m
                     )
                  => DownloadInfo
                  -> Version
+                  -> PlatformRequest
                  -> Excepts
                       '[ AlreadyInstalled
                        , CopyError
@@ -416,23 +412,21 @@ installHLSBindist :: ( MonadMask m
                        ]
                       m
                       ()
-installHLSBindist dlinfo ver = do
+installHLSBindist dlinfo ver PlatformRequest{..} = do
  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|Requested to install hls version #{ver}|]

-  AppState { dirs = dirs@Dirs {..}
-           , pfreq = PlatformRequest {..}
-           , settings } <- lift ask
+  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask

  whenM (lift (hlsInstalled ver))
    (throwE $ AlreadyInstalled HLS ver)

  -- download (or use cached version)
-  dl                           <- liftE $ downloadCached settings dirs dlinfo Nothing
+  dl                           <- liftE $ downloadCached dlinfo Nothing

  -- unpack
  tmpUnpack                    <- lift withGHCupTmpDir
  liftE $ unpackToDir tmpUnpack dl
-  void $ lift $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack
+  void $ liftIO $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack

  -- the subdir of the archive where we do the work
  workdir <- maybe (pure tmpUnpack) (liftE . intoSubdir tmpUnpack) (view dlSubdir dlinfo)
@@ -489,7 +483,9 @@ installHLSBin :: ( MonadMask m
                 , MonadUnliftIO m
                 , MonadFail m
                 )
-              => Version
+              => GHCupDownloads
+              -> Version
+              -> PlatformRequest
              -> Excepts
                   '[ AlreadyInstalled
                    , CopyError
@@ -505,11 +501,9 @@ installHLSBin :: ( MonadMask m
                    ]
                   m
                   ()
-installHLSBin ver = do
-  AppState { pfreq
-           , ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
-  dlinfo <- lE $ getDownloadInfo HLS ver pfreq dls
-  installHLSBindist dlinfo ver
+installHLSBin bDls ver pfreq = do
+  dlinfo <- lE $ getDownloadInfo HLS ver pfreq bDls
+  installHLSBindist dlinfo ver pfreq


 -- | Installs stack into @~\/.ghcup\/bin/stack-\<ver\>@ and
@@ -524,7 +518,9 @@ installStackBin :: ( MonadMask m
                   , MonadUnliftIO m
                   , MonadFail m
                   )
-                => Version
+                => GHCupDownloads
+                -> Version
+                -> PlatformRequest
                -> Excepts
                     '[ AlreadyInstalled
                      , CopyError
@@ -540,10 +536,9 @@ installStackBin :: ( MonadMask m
                      ]
                     m
                     ()
-installStackBin ver = do
-  AppState { pfreq, ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- lift ask
-  dlinfo <- lE $ getDownloadInfo Stack ver pfreq dls
-  installStackBindist dlinfo ver
+installStackBin bDls ver pfreq = do
+  dlinfo <- lE $ getDownloadInfo Stack ver pfreq bDls
+  installStackBindist dlinfo ver pfreq


 -- | Like 'installStackBin', except takes the 'DownloadInfo' as
@@ -559,6 +554,7 @@ installStackBindist :: ( MonadMask m
                       )
                    => DownloadInfo
                    -> Version
+                    -> PlatformRequest
                    -> Excepts
                         '[ AlreadyInstalled
                          , CopyError
@@ -574,24 +570,21 @@ installStackBindist :: ( MonadMask m
                          ]
                         m
                         ()
-installStackBindist dlinfo ver = do
+installStackBindist dlinfo ver PlatformRequest {..} = do
  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|Requested to install stack version #{ver}|]

-  AppState { dirs = dirs@Dirs {..}
-           , pfreq = PlatformRequest {..}
-           , settings
-           } <- lift ask
+  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask

  whenM (lift (hlsInstalled ver))
    (throwE $ AlreadyInstalled Stack ver)

  -- download (or use cached version)
-  dl                           <- liftE $ downloadCached settings dirs dlinfo Nothing
+  dl                           <- liftE $ downloadCached dlinfo Nothing

  -- unpack
  tmpUnpack                    <- lift withGHCupTmpDir
  liftE $ unpackToDir tmpUnpack dl
-  void $ lift $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack
+  void $ liftIO $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack

  -- the subdir of the archive where we do the work
  workdir <- maybe (pure tmpUnpack) (liftE . intoSubdir tmpUnpack) (view dlSubdir dlinfo)
@@ -644,8 +637,6 @@ setGHC :: ( MonadReader AppState m
          , MonadFail m
          , MonadIO m
          , MonadCatch m
-          , MonadMask m
-          , MonadUnliftIO m
          )
       => GHCTargetVersion
       -> SetGHC
@@ -687,7 +678,10 @@ setGHC ver sghc = do
      let fullF = binDir </> targetFile  <> exeExt
          fileWithExt = file <> exeExt
      destL <- lift $ ghcLinkDestination fileWithExt ver
-      lift $ createLink destL fullF
+      lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{fullF}|]
+      liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile fullF
+      lift $ $(logDebug) [i|ln -s #{destL} #{fullF}|]
+      liftIO $ createFileLink destL fullF

  -- create symlink for share dir
  when (isNothing . _tvTarget $ ver) $ lift $ symlinkShareDir ghcdir verS
@@ -711,29 +705,15 @@ setGHC ver sghc = do
          let fullF   = destdir </> sharedir
          let targetF = "." </> "ghc" </> ver' </> sharedir
          $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{fullF}|]
-          liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeDirectoryLink fullF
+          liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile fullF
          $(logDebug) [i|ln -s #{targetF} #{fullF}|]
-          liftIO
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-            -- On windows we need to be more permissive
-            -- in case symlinks can't be created, be just
-            -- give up here. This symlink isn't strictly necessary.
-            $ hideError permissionErrorType
-            $ hideError illegalOperationErrorType
-#endif
-            $ createDirectoryLink targetF fullF
+          liftIO $ createDirectoryLink targetF fullF
      _ -> pure ()



 -- | Set the @~\/.ghcup\/bin\/cabal@ symlink.
-setCabal :: ( MonadMask m
-            , MonadReader AppState m
-            , MonadLogger m
-            , MonadThrow m
-            , MonadFail m
-            , MonadIO m
-            , MonadUnliftIO m)
+setCabal :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadLogger m, MonadThrow m, MonadFail m, MonadIO m)
         => Version
         -> Excepts '[NotInstalled] m ()
 setCabal ver = do
@@ -749,9 +729,15 @@ setCabal ver = do

  let cabalbin = binDir </> "cabal" <> exeExt

-  -- create link
+  -- delete old file (may be binary or symlink)
+  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{cabalbin}|]
+  liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile
+    cabalbin
+
+  -- create symlink
  let destL = targetFile
-  lift $ createLink destL cabalbin
+  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|ln -s #{destL} #{cabalbin}|]
+  liftIO $ createFileLink destL cabalbin

  pure ()

@@ -765,8 +751,6 @@ setHLS :: ( MonadCatch m
          , MonadThrow m
          , MonadFail m
          , MonadIO m
-          , MonadMask m
-          , MonadUnliftIO m
          )
       => Version
       -> Excepts '[NotInstalled] m ()
@@ -779,7 +763,7 @@ setHLS ver = do
  oldSyms <- lift hlsSymlinks
  forM_ oldSyms $ \f -> do
    lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm #{binDir </> f}|]
-    liftIO $ rmLink (binDir </> f)
+    liftIO $ removeFile (binDir </> f)

  -- set haskell-language-server-<ghcver> symlinks
  bins <- lift $ hlsServerBinaries ver
@@ -788,26 +772,28 @@ setHLS ver = do
  forM_ bins $ \f -> do
    let destL = f
    let target = (<> exeExt) . head . splitOn "~" $ f
-    lift $ createLink destL (binDir </> target)
+
+    lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{binDir </> target}|]
+    liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile (binDir </> target)
+
+    lift $ $(logDebug) [i|ln -s #{destL} #{binDir </> target}|]
+    liftIO $ createFileLink destL (binDir </> target)

  -- set haskell-language-server-wrapper symlink
  let destL = "haskell-language-server-wrapper-" <> T.unpack (prettyVer ver) <> exeExt
  let wrapper = binDir </> "haskell-language-server-wrapper" <> exeExt

-  lift $ createLink destL wrapper
+  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{wrapper}|]
+  liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile wrapper
+
+  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|ln -s #{destL} #{wrapper}|]
+  liftIO $ createFileLink destL wrapper

  pure ()


 -- | Set the @~\/.ghcup\/bin\/stack@ symlink.
-setStack :: ( MonadMask m
-            , MonadReader AppState m
-            , MonadLogger m
-            , MonadThrow m
-            , MonadFail m
-            , MonadIO m
-            , MonadUnliftIO m
-            )
+setStack :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadLogger m, MonadThrow m, MonadFail m, MonadIO m)
         => Version
         -> Excepts '[NotInstalled] m ()
 setStack ver = do
@@ -823,7 +809,14 @@ setStack ver = do

  let stackbin = binDir </> "stack" <> exeExt

-  lift $ createLink targetFile stackbin
+  -- delete old file (may be binary or symlink)
+  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{stackbin}|]
+  liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile
+    stackbin
+
+  -- create symlink
+  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|ln -s #{targetFile} #{stackbin}|]
+  liftIO $ createFileLink targetFile stackbin

  pure ()

@@ -872,10 +865,12 @@ listVersions :: ( MonadCatch m
                , MonadIO m
                , MonadReader AppState m
                )
-             => Maybe Tool
+             => GHCupDownloads
+             -> Maybe Tool
             -> Maybe ListCriteria
+             -> PlatformRequest
             -> m [ListResult]
-listVersions lt' criteria = do
+listVersions av lt' criteria pfreq = do
  -- some annoying work to avoid too much repeated IO
  cSet <- cabalSet
  cabals <- getInstalledCabals' cSet
@@ -889,9 +884,8 @@ listVersions lt' criteria = do
  go lt cSet cabals hlsSet' hlses sSet stacks = do
    case lt of
      Just t -> do
-        AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- ask
        -- get versions from GHCupDownloads
-        let avTools = availableToolVersions dls t
+        let avTools = availableToolVersions av t
        lr <- filter' <$> forM (Map.toList avTools) (toListResult t cSet cabals hlsSet' hlses sSet stacks)

        case t of
@@ -1053,71 +1047,67 @@ listVersions lt' criteria = do
               -> [Either FilePath Version]
               -> (Version, [Tag])
               -> m ListResult
-  toListResult t cSet cabals hlsSet' hlses stackSet' stacks (v, tags) = do
-    AppState { pfreq
-             , ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }} <- ask
-
-    case t of
-      GHC -> do
-        let lNoBindist = isLeft $ getDownloadInfo GHC v pfreq dls
-        let tver = mkTVer v
-        lSet       <- fmap (maybe False (\(GHCTargetVersion _ v') -> v' == v)) $ ghcSet Nothing
-        lInstalled <- ghcInstalled tver
-        fromSrc    <- ghcSrcInstalled tver
-        hlsPowered <- fmap (elem v) hlsGHCVersions
-        pure ListResult { lVer = v, lCross = Nothing , lTag = tags, lTool = t, lStray = False, .. }
-      Cabal -> do
-        let lNoBindist = isLeft $ getDownloadInfo Cabal v pfreq dls
-        let lSet = cSet == Just v
-        let lInstalled = elem v $ rights cabals
-        pure ListResult { lVer    = v
-                        , lCross  = Nothing
-                        , lTag    = tags
-                        , lTool   = t
-                        , fromSrc = False
-                        , lStray  = False
-                        , hlsPowered = False
-                        , ..
-                        }
-      GHCup -> do
-        let lSet       = prettyPVP ghcUpVer == prettyVer v
-        let lInstalled = lSet
-        pure ListResult { lVer    = v
-                        , lTag    = tags
-                        , lCross  = Nothing
-                        , lTool   = t
-                        , fromSrc = False
-                        , lStray  = False
-                        , lNoBindist = False
-                        , hlsPowered = False
-                        , ..
-                        }
-      HLS -> do
-        let lNoBindist = isLeft $ getDownloadInfo HLS v pfreq dls
-        let lSet = hlsSet' == Just v
-        let lInstalled = elem v $ rights hlses
-        pure ListResult { lVer    = v
-                        , lCross  = Nothing
-                        , lTag    = tags
-                        , lTool   = t
-                        , fromSrc = False
-                        , lStray  = False
-                        , hlsPowered = False
-                        , ..
-                        }
-      Stack -> do
-        let lNoBindist = isLeft $ getDownloadInfo Stack v pfreq dls
-        let lSet = stackSet' == Just v
-        let lInstalled = elem v $ rights stacks
-        pure ListResult { lVer    = v
-                        , lCross  = Nothing
-                        , lTag    = tags
-                        , lTool   = t
-                        , fromSrc = False
-                        , lStray  = False
-                        , hlsPowered = False
-                        , ..
-                        }
+  toListResult t cSet cabals hlsSet' hlses stackSet' stacks (v, tags) = case t of
+    GHC -> do
+      let lNoBindist = isLeft $ getDownloadInfo GHC v pfreq av
+      let tver = mkTVer v
+      lSet       <- fmap (maybe False (\(GHCTargetVersion _ v') -> v' == v)) $ ghcSet Nothing
+      lInstalled <- ghcInstalled tver
+      fromSrc    <- ghcSrcInstalled tver
+      hlsPowered <- fmap (elem v) hlsGHCVersions
+      pure ListResult { lVer = v, lCross = Nothing , lTag = tags, lTool = t, lStray = False, .. }
+    Cabal -> do
+      let lNoBindist = isLeft $ getDownloadInfo Cabal v pfreq av
+      let lSet = cSet == Just v
+      let lInstalled = elem v $ rights cabals
+      pure ListResult { lVer    = v
+                      , lCross  = Nothing
+                      , lTag    = tags
+                      , lTool   = t
+                      , fromSrc = False
+                      , lStray  = False
+                      , hlsPowered = False
+                      , ..
+                      }
+    GHCup -> do
+      let lSet       = prettyPVP ghcUpVer == prettyVer v
+      let lInstalled = lSet
+      pure ListResult { lVer    = v
+                      , lTag    = tags
+                      , lCross  = Nothing
+                      , lTool   = t
+                      , fromSrc = False
+                      , lStray  = False
+                      , lNoBindist = False
+                      , hlsPowered = False
+                      , ..
+                      }
+    HLS -> do
+      let lNoBindist = isLeft $ getDownloadInfo HLS v pfreq av
+      let lSet = hlsSet' == Just v
+      let lInstalled = elem v $ rights hlses
+      pure ListResult { lVer    = v
+                      , lCross  = Nothing
+                      , lTag    = tags
+                      , lTool   = t
+                      , fromSrc = False
+                      , lStray  = False
+                      , hlsPowered = False
+                      , ..
+                      }
+    Stack -> do
+      let lNoBindist = isLeft $ getDownloadInfo Stack v pfreq av
+      let lSet = stackSet' == Just v
+      let lInstalled = elem v $ rights stacks
+      pure ListResult { lVer    = v
+                      , lCross  = Nothing
+                      , lTag    = tags
+                      , lTool   = t
+                      , fromSrc = False
+                      , lStray  = False
+                      , hlsPowered = False
+                      , ..
+                      }


  filter' :: [ListResult] -> [ListResult]
@@ -1144,8 +1134,6 @@ rmGHCVer :: ( MonadReader AppState m
            , MonadIO m
            , MonadFail m
            , MonadCatch m
-            , MonadMask m
-            , MonadUnliftIO m
            )
         => GHCTargetVersion
         -> Excepts '[NotInstalled] m ()
@@ -1169,7 +1157,7 @@ rmGHCVer ver = do
  -- then fix them (e.g. with an earlier version)

  lift $ $(logInfo) [i|Removing directory recursively: #{dir}|]
-  liftIO $ rmPath dir
+  liftIO $ removeDirectoryRecursive dir

  v' <-
    handle
@@ -1183,20 +1171,12 @@ rmGHCVer ver = do

  liftIO
    $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType
-    $ rmFile (baseDir </> "share")
+    $ removeFile (baseDir </> "share")


 -- | Delete a cabal version. Will try to fix the @cabal@ symlink
 -- after removal (e.g. setting it to an older version).
-rmCabalVer :: ( MonadMask m
-              , MonadReader AppState m
-              , MonadThrow m
-              , MonadLogger m
-              , MonadIO m
-              , MonadFail m
-              , MonadCatch m
-              , MonadUnliftIO m
-              )
+rmCabalVer :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadThrow m, MonadLogger m, MonadIO m, MonadFail m, MonadCatch m)
           => Version
           -> Excepts '[NotInstalled] m ()
 rmCabalVer ver = do
@@ -1207,26 +1187,19 @@ rmCabalVer ver = do
  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask

  let cabalFile = "cabal-" <> T.unpack (prettyVer ver) <> exeExt
-  liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmFile (binDir </> cabalFile)
+  liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile (binDir </> cabalFile)

  when (Just ver == cSet) $ do
    cVers <- lift $ fmap rights getInstalledCabals
    case headMay . reverse . sort $ cVers of
      Just latestver -> setCabal latestver
-      Nothing        -> liftIO $ rmLink (binDir </> "cabal" <> exeExt)
+      Nothing        -> liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile
+        (binDir </> "cabal" <> exeExt)


 -- | Delete a hls version. Will try to fix the hls symlinks
 -- after removal (e.g. setting it to an older version).
-rmHLSVer :: ( MonadMask m
-            , MonadReader AppState m
-            , MonadThrow m
-            , MonadLogger m
-            , MonadIO m
-            , MonadFail m
-            , MonadCatch m
-            , MonadUnliftIO m
-            )
+rmHLSVer :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadThrow m, MonadLogger m, MonadIO m, MonadFail m, MonadCatch m)
         => Version
         -> Excepts '[NotInstalled] m ()
 rmHLSVer ver = do
@@ -1237,15 +1210,15 @@ rmHLSVer ver = do
  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask

  bins <- lift $ hlsAllBinaries ver
-  forM_ bins $ \f -> liftIO $ rmFile (binDir </> f)
+  forM_ bins $ \f -> liftIO $ removeFile (binDir </> f)

  when (Just ver == isHlsSet) $ do
    -- delete all set symlinks
    oldSyms <- lift hlsSymlinks
    forM_ oldSyms $ \f -> do
-      let fullF = binDir </> f
+      let fullF = binDir </> f <> exeExt
      lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm #{fullF}|]
-      liftIO $ rmLink fullF
+      liftIO $ removeFile fullF
    -- set latest hls
    hlsVers <- lift $ fmap rights getInstalledHLSs
    case headMay . reverse . sort $ hlsVers of
@@ -1255,15 +1228,7 @@ rmHLSVer ver = do

 -- | Delete a stack version. Will try to fix the @stack@ symlink
 -- after removal (e.g. setting it to an older version).
-rmStackVer :: ( MonadMask m
-              , MonadReader AppState m
-              , MonadThrow m
-              , MonadLogger m
-              , MonadIO m
-              , MonadFail m
-              , MonadCatch m
-              , MonadUnliftIO m
-              )
+rmStackVer :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadThrow m, MonadLogger m, MonadIO m, MonadFail m, MonadCatch m)
           => Version
           -> Excepts '[NotInstalled] m ()
 rmStackVer ver = do
@@ -1274,13 +1239,14 @@ rmStackVer ver = do
  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask

  let stackFile = "stack-" <> T.unpack (prettyVer ver) <> exeExt
-  liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmFile (binDir </> stackFile)
+  liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile (binDir </> stackFile)

  when (Just ver == sSet) $ do
    sVers <- lift $ fmap rights getInstalledStacks
    case headMay . reverse . sort $ sVers of
      Just latestver -> setStack latestver
-      Nothing        -> liftIO $ rmLink (binDir </> "stack" <> exeExt)
+      Nothing        -> liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile
+        (binDir </> "stack" <> exeExt)



@@ -1289,7 +1255,7 @@ rmStackVer ver = do
    ------------------


-getDebugInfo :: (Alternative m, MonadFail m, MonadReader AppState m, MonadLogger m, MonadCatch m, MonadIO m)
+getDebugInfo :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadLogger m, MonadCatch m, MonadIO m)
             => Excepts
                  '[NoCompatiblePlatform , NoCompatibleArch , DistroNotFound]
                  m
@@ -1323,13 +1289,14 @@ compileGHC :: ( MonadMask m
              , MonadUnliftIO m
              , MonadFail m
              )
-           => Either GHCTargetVersion GitBranch          -- ^ version to install
-           -> Maybe Version            -- ^ overwrite version
+           => GHCupDownloads
+           -> Either GHCTargetVersion GitBranch          -- ^ version to install
           -> Either Version FilePath  -- ^ version to bootstrap with
           -> Maybe Int                  -- ^ jobs
           -> Maybe FilePath           -- ^ build config
           -> Maybe FilePath           -- ^ patch directory
           -> [Text]                     -- ^ additional args to ./configure
+           -> PlatformRequest
           -> Excepts
                '[ AlreadyInstalled
                 , BuildFailed
@@ -1348,12 +1315,8 @@ compileGHC :: ( MonadMask m
                 ]
                m
                GHCTargetVersion
-compileGHC targetGhc ov bstrap jobs mbuildConfig patchdir aargs
+compileGHC dls targetGhc bstrap jobs mbuildConfig patchdir aargs pfreq@PlatformRequest{..}
  = do
-    AppState { pfreq = PlatformRequest {..}
-             , ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }
-             , settings
-             , dirs } <- lift ask
    (workdir, tmpUnpack, tver) <- case targetGhc of
      -- unpack from version tarball
      Left tver -> do
@@ -1363,12 +1326,12 @@ compileGHC targetGhc ov bstrap jobs mbuildConfig patchdir aargs
        dlInfo <-
          preview (ix GHC % ix (tver ^. tvVersion) % viSourceDL % _Just) dls
            ?? NoDownload
-        dl        <- liftE $ downloadCached settings dirs dlInfo Nothing
+        dl        <- liftE $ downloadCached dlInfo Nothing

        -- unpack
        tmpUnpack <- lift mkGhcupTmpDir
        liftE $ unpackToDir tmpUnpack dl
-        void $ lift $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack
+        void $ liftIO $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack

        workdir <- maybe (pure tmpUnpack)
                         (liftE . intoSubdir tmpUnpack)
@@ -1402,21 +1365,18 @@ compileGHC targetGhc ov bstrap jobs mbuildConfig patchdir aargs
          lEM $ git [ "submodule", "update", "--init", "--depth", "1" ]
          lEM $ execLogged "sh" ["./boot"] (Just tmpUnpack) "ghc-bootstrap" Nothing
          lEM $ execLogged "sh" ["./configure"] (Just tmpUnpack) "ghc-bootstrap" Nothing
-          CapturedProcess {..} <- lift $ makeOut
+          CapturedProcess {..} <- liftIO $ makeOut
            ["show!", "--quiet", "VALUE=ProjectVersion" ] (Just tmpUnpack)
          case _exitCode of
            ExitSuccess -> throwEither . MP.parse ghcProjectVersion "" . decUTF8Safe' $ _stdOut
            ExitFailure c -> fail ("Could not figure out GHC project version. Exit code was: " <> show c <> ". Error was: " <> T.unpack (decUTF8Safe' _stdErr))

-        void $ lift $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack
+        void $ liftIO $ darwinNotarization _rPlatform tmpUnpack
        lift $ $(logInfo) [i|Git version #{ref} corresponds to GHC version #{prettyVer tver}|]

        pure (tmpUnpack, tmpUnpack, GHCTargetVersion Nothing tver)
-    -- the version that's installed may differ from the
-    -- compiled version, so the user can overwrite it
-    let installVer = maybe tver (\ov' -> tver { _tvVersion = ov' }) ov

-    alreadyInstalled <- lift $ ghcInstalled installVer
+    alreadyInstalled <- lift $ ghcInstalled tver
    alreadySet <- fmap (== Just tver) $ lift $ ghcSet (_tvTarget tver)
    when alreadyInstalled $ do
      lift $ $(logWarn) [i|GHC #{prettyShow tver} already installed. Will overwrite existing version.|]
@@ -1424,11 +1384,11 @@ compileGHC targetGhc ov bstrap jobs mbuildConfig patchdir aargs
        "...waiting for 10 seconds before continuing, you can still abort..."
      liftIO $ threadDelay 10000000 -- give the user a sec to intervene

-    ghcdir         <- lift $ ghcupGHCDir installVer
+    ghcdir         <- lift $ ghcupGHCDir tver

    bghc <- case bstrap of
      Right g    -> pure $ Right g
-      Left  bver -> pure $ Left ("ghc-" <> (T.unpack . prettyVer $ bver) <> exeExt)
+      Left  bver -> pure $ Left ("ghc-" <> (T.unpack . prettyVer $ bver))

    (bindist, bmk) <- liftE $ runBuildAction
      tmpUnpack
@@ -1446,6 +1406,7 @@ compileGHC targetGhc ov bstrap jobs mbuildConfig patchdir aargs
                             (Just $ RegexDir "ghc-.*")
                             ghcdir
                             (tver ^. tvVersion)
+                             pfreq

    liftIO $ B.writeFile (ghcdir </> ghcUpSrcBuiltFile) bmk

@@ -1490,7 +1451,7 @@ HADDOCK_DOCS = YES|]
    lift $ $(logInfo) [i|configuring build|]
    liftE checkBuildConfig

-    AppState { dirs = Dirs {..}, pfreq } <- lift ask
+    AppState { dirs = Dirs {..} } <- lift ask

    forM_ patchdir $ \dir -> liftE $ applyPatches dir workdir

@@ -1507,9 +1468,6 @@ HADDOCK_DOCS = YES|]
            ("./configure" :  maybe mempty
                      (\x -> ["--target=" <> T.unpack x])
                      (_tvTarget tver)
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-            ++ ["--enable-tarballs-autodownload"]
-#endif
            ++ fmap T.unpack aargs
            )
            (Just workdir)
@@ -1523,9 +1481,6 @@ HADDOCK_DOCS = YES|]
          ++ maybe mempty
                   (\x -> ["--target=" <> T.unpack x])
                   (_tvTarget tver)
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-            ++ ["--enable-tarballs-autodownload"]
-#endif
          ++ fmap T.unpack aargs
          )
          (Just workdir)
@@ -1561,7 +1516,7 @@ HADDOCK_DOCS = YES|]
      . SHA256.hashlazy
      $ c
    cTime <- liftIO getCurrentTime
-    let tarName = makeValid [i|ghc-#{tVerToText tver}-#{pfReqToString pfreq}-#{iso8601Show cTime}-#{cDigest}.tar#{takeExtension tar}|]
+    let tarName = [i|ghc-#{tVerToText tver}-#{pfReqToString pfreq}-#{iso8601Show cTime}-#{cDigest}.tar#{takeExtension tar}|]
    let tarPath = cacheDir </> tarName
    handleIO (throwE . CopyError . show) $ liftIO $ copyFile (workdir </> tar)
                                                             tarPath
@@ -1612,9 +1567,11 @@ upgradeGHCup :: ( MonadMask m
                , MonadIO m
                , MonadUnliftIO m
                )
-             => Maybe FilePath    -- ^ full file destination to write ghcup into
+             => GHCupDownloads
+             -> Maybe FilePath    -- ^ full file destination to write ghcup into
             -> Bool              -- ^ whether to force update regardless
                                  --   of currently installed version
+             -> PlatformRequest
             -> Excepts
                  '[ CopyError
                   , DigestError
@@ -1624,24 +1581,21 @@ upgradeGHCup :: ( MonadMask m
                   ]
                  m
                  Version
-upgradeGHCup mtarget force = do
-  AppState { dirs = Dirs {..}
-           , pfreq
-           , ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo { _ghcupDownloads = dls }
-           , settings } <- lift ask
+upgradeGHCup dls mtarget force pfreq = do
+  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask
  lift $ $(logInfo) [i|Upgrading GHCup...|]
  let latestVer = fromJust $ fst <$> getLatest dls GHCup
  when (not force && (latestVer <= pvpToVersion ghcUpVer)) $ throwE NoUpdate
  dli   <- lE $ getDownloadInfo GHCup latestVer pfreq dls
  tmp   <- lift withGHCupTmpDir
  let fn = "ghcup" <> exeExt
-  p <- liftE $ download settings dli tmp (Just fn)
+  p <- liftE $ download dli tmp (Just fn)
  let destDir = takeDirectory destFile
      destFile = fromMaybe (binDir </> fn) mtarget
  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|mkdir -p #{destDir}|]
  liftIO $ createDirRecursive' destDir
  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{destFile}|]
-  liftIO $ hideError NoSuchThing $ rmFile destFile
+  liftIO $ hideError NoSuchThing $ removeFile destFile
  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|cp #{p} #{destFile}|]
  handleIO (throwE . CopyError . show) $ liftIO $ copyFile p
                                                           destFile
@@ -1670,8 +1624,6 @@ postGHCInstall :: ( MonadReader AppState m
                  , MonadFail m
                  , MonadIO m
                  , MonadCatch m
-                  , MonadMask m
-                  , MonadUnliftIO m
                  )
               => GHCTargetVersion
               -> Excepts '[NotInstalled] m ()
--- a/lib/GHCup/Download.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Download.hs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import           GHCup.Errors
 import           GHCup.Types
 import           GHCup.Types.JSON               ( )
 import           GHCup.Types.Optics
-import           GHCup.Utils.Dirs
+import           GHCup.Utils
 import           GHCup.Utils.File
 import           GHCup.Utils.Prelude
 import           GHCup.Version
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ import           Control.Monad.Trans.Resource
                                         hiding ( throwM )
 import           Data.Aeson
 import           Data.Bifunctor
-import           Data.ByteString                ( ByteString )
 #if defined(INTERNAL_DOWNLOADER)
+import           Data.ByteString                ( ByteString )
 import           Data.CaseInsensitive           ( CI )
 #endif
 import           Data.List.Extra
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ import           Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
 import           Data.Time.Format
 #endif
 import           Data.Versions
-import           Data.Word8
 import           GHC.IO.Exception
 import           Haskus.Utils.Variant.Excepts
 import           Optics
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ import           System.IO.Error
 import           URI.ByteString

 import qualified Crypto.Hash.SHA256            as SHA256
-import qualified Data.ByteString               as B
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Base16        as B16
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy          as L
 import qualified Data.Map.Strict               as M
@@ -112,26 +110,26 @@ getDownloadsF :: ( FromJSONKey Tool
                 , MonadLogger m
                 , MonadThrow m
                 , MonadFail m
+                 , MonadReader AppState m
                 )
-              => Settings
-              -> Dirs
+              => URLSource
              -> Excepts
                   '[JSONError , DownloadFailed , FileDoesNotExistError]
                   m
                   GHCupInfo
-getDownloadsF settings@Settings{ urlSource } dirs = do
+getDownloadsF urlSource = do
  case urlSource of
-    GHCupURL -> liftE $ getBase dirs settings
+    GHCupURL -> liftE getBase
    (OwnSource url) -> do
-      bs <- reThrowAll DownloadFailed $ downloadBS (downloader settings) url
+      bs <- reThrowAll DownloadFailed $ downloadBS url
      lE' JSONDecodeError $ first show $ Y.decodeEither' (L.toStrict bs)
    (OwnSpec av) -> pure av
    (AddSource (Left ext)) -> do
-      base <- liftE $ getBase dirs settings
+      base <- liftE getBase
      pure (mergeGhcupInfo base ext)
    (AddSource (Right uri)) -> do
-      base <- liftE $ getBase dirs settings
-      bsExt <- reThrowAll DownloadFailed $ downloadBS (downloader settings) uri
+      base <- liftE getBase
+      bsExt <- reThrowAll DownloadFailed $ downloadBS uri
      ext <- lE' JSONDecodeError $ first show $ Y.decodeEither' (L.toStrict bsExt)
      pure (mergeGhcupInfo base ext)

@@ -140,19 +138,18 @@ getDownloadsF settings@Settings{ urlSource } dirs = do
  mergeGhcupInfo :: GHCupInfo -- ^ base to merge with
                 -> GHCupInfo -- ^ extension overwriting the base
                 -> GHCupInfo
-  mergeGhcupInfo (GHCupInfo tr base base2) (GHCupInfo _ ext ext2) =
-    let newDownloads = M.mapWithKey (\k a -> case M.lookup k ext of
+  mergeGhcupInfo (GHCupInfo tr base) (GHCupInfo _ ext) =
+    let new = M.mapWithKey (\k a -> case M.lookup k ext of
                                        Just a' -> M.union a' a
                                        Nothing -> a
-                                    ) base
-        newGlobalTools = M.union base2 ext2
-    in GHCupInfo tr newDownloads newGlobalTools
+                           ) base
+    in GHCupInfo tr new


-readFromCache :: (MonadIO m, MonadCatch m, MonadLogger m)
-              => Dirs
-              -> Excepts '[JSONError, FileDoesNotExistError] m GHCupInfo
-readFromCache Dirs {..} = do
+readFromCache :: (MonadIO m, MonadCatch m, MonadLogger m, MonadReader AppState m)
+              => Excepts '[JSONError, FileDoesNotExistError] m GHCupInfo
+readFromCache = do
+  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask
  lift $ $(logWarn)
    [i|Could not get download info, trying cached version (this may not be recent!)|]
  let path = view pathL' ghcupURL
@@ -165,14 +162,12 @@ readFromCache Dirs {..} = do
  lE' JSONDecodeError $ first show $ Y.decodeEither' (L.toStrict bs)


-getBase :: (MonadFail m, MonadIO m, MonadCatch m, MonadLogger m)
-        => Dirs
-        -> Settings
-        -> Excepts '[JSONError , FileDoesNotExistError] m GHCupInfo
-getBase dirs@Dirs{..} Settings{ downloader }  =
-  handleIO (\_ -> readFromCache dirs)
+getBase :: (MonadFail m, MonadIO m, MonadCatch m, MonadLogger m, MonadReader AppState m)
+        => Excepts '[JSONError , FileDoesNotExistError] m GHCupInfo
+getBase =
+  handleIO (\_ -> readFromCache)
  $ catchE @_ @'[JSONError, FileDoesNotExistError]
-      (\(DownloadFailed _) -> readFromCache dirs)
+      (\(DownloadFailed _) -> readFromCache)
  (reThrowAll @_ @_ @'[JSONError, DownloadFailed] DownloadFailed (smartDl ghcupURL)
    >>= (liftE . lE' @_ @_ @'[JSONError] JSONDecodeError . first show . Y.decodeEither' . L.toStrict))
    where
@@ -190,6 +185,7 @@ getBase dirs@Dirs{..} Settings{ downloader }  =
             , MonadIO m1
             , MonadFail m1
             , MonadLogger m1
+             , MonadReader AppState m1
             )
          => URI
          -> Excepts
@@ -204,6 +200,7 @@ getBase dirs@Dirs{..} Settings{ downloader }  =
               m1
               L.ByteString
  smartDl uri' = do
+    AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask
    let path = view pathL' uri'
    let json_file = cacheDir </> (T.unpack . decUTF8Safe . urlBaseName $ path)
    e         <- liftIO $ doesFileExist json_file
@@ -238,12 +235,12 @@ getBase dirs@Dirs{..} Settings{ downloader }  =

   where
    dlWithMod modTime json_file = do
-      bs <- liftE $ downloadBS downloader uri'
+      bs <- liftE $ downloadBS uri'
      liftIO $ writeFileWithModTime modTime json_file bs
      pure bs
    dlWithoutMod json_file = do
-      bs <- liftE $ downloadBS downloader uri'
-      liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmFile json_file
+      bs <- liftE $ downloadBS uri'
+      liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile json_file
      liftIO $ L.writeFile json_file bs
      liftIO $ setModificationTime json_file (posixSecondsToUTCTime (fromIntegral @Int 0))
      pure bs
@@ -323,16 +320,16 @@ getDownloadInfo t v (PlatformRequest a p mv) dls = maybe
 --
 -- The file must not exist.
 download :: ( MonadMask m
+            , MonadReader AppState m
            , MonadThrow m
            , MonadLogger m
            , MonadIO m
            )
-         => Settings
-         -> DownloadInfo
+         => DownloadInfo
         -> FilePath          -- ^ destination dir
         -> Maybe FilePath    -- ^ optional filename
         -> Excepts '[DigestError , DownloadFailed] m FilePath
-download settings@Settings{ downloader } dli dest mfn
+download dli dest mfn
  | scheme == "https" = dl
  | scheme == "http"  = dl
  | scheme == "file"  = cp
@@ -357,20 +354,20 @@ download settings@Settings{ downloader } dli dest mfn

    -- download
    flip onException
-         (liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmFile destFile)
+         (liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile destFile)
     $ catchAllE @_ @'[ProcessError, DownloadFailed, UnsupportedScheme]
          (\e ->
-            liftIO (hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmFile destFile)
+            liftIO (hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile destFile)
              >> (throwE . DownloadFailed $ e)
          ) $ do
-              case downloader of
+              lift getDownloader >>= \case
                Curl -> do
                  o' <- liftIO getCurlOpts
-                  liftE $ lEM @_ @'[ProcessError] $ exec "curl" 
+                  liftE $ lEM @_ @'[ProcessError] $ liftIO $ exec "curl" 
                    (o' ++ ["-fL", "-o", destFile, (T.unpack . decUTF8Safe) $ serializeURIRef' $ view dlUri dli]) Nothing Nothing
                Wget -> do
                  o' <- liftIO getWgetOpts
-                  liftE $ lEM @_ @'[ProcessError] $ exec "wget" 
+                  liftE $ lEM @_ @'[ProcessError] $ liftIO $ exec "wget" 
                    (o' ++ ["-O", destFile , (T.unpack . decUTF8Safe) $ serializeURIRef' $ view dlUri dli]) Nothing Nothing
 #if defined(INTERNAL_DOWNLOADER)
                Internal -> do
@@ -378,7 +375,7 @@ download settings@Settings{ downloader } dli dest mfn
                  liftE $ downloadToFile https host fullPath port destFile
 #endif

-    liftE $ checkDigest settings dli destFile
+    liftE $ checkDigest dli destFile
    pure destFile

  -- Manage to find a file we can write the body into.
@@ -396,40 +393,27 @@ downloadCached :: ( MonadMask m
                  , MonadLogger m
                  , MonadIO m
                  , MonadUnliftIO m
+                  , MonadReader AppState m
                  )
-               => Settings
-               -> Dirs
-               -> DownloadInfo
+               => DownloadInfo
               -> Maybe FilePath  -- ^ optional filename
               -> Excepts '[DigestError , DownloadFailed] m FilePath
-downloadCached settings@Settings{ cache } dirs dli mfn = do
+downloadCached dli mfn = do
+  cache <- lift getCache
  case cache of
-    True -> downloadCached' settings dirs dli mfn
+    True -> do
+      AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- lift ask
+      let fn = fromMaybe ((T.unpack . decUTF8Safe) $ urlBaseName $ view (dlUri % pathL') dli) mfn
+      let cachfile = cacheDir </> fn
+      fileExists <- liftIO $ doesFileExist cachfile
+      if
+        | fileExists -> do
+          liftE $ checkDigest dli cachfile
+          pure cachfile
+        | otherwise -> liftE $ download dli cacheDir mfn
    False -> do
      tmp <- lift withGHCupTmpDir
-      liftE $ download settings dli tmp mfn
-
-
-downloadCached' :: ( MonadMask m
-                   , MonadThrow m
-                   , MonadLogger m
-                   , MonadIO m
-                   , MonadUnliftIO m
-                   )
-                => Settings
-                -> Dirs
-                -> DownloadInfo
-                -> Maybe FilePath  -- ^ optional filename
-                -> Excepts '[DigestError , DownloadFailed] m FilePath
-downloadCached' settings Dirs{..} dli mfn = do
-  let fn = fromMaybe ((T.unpack . decUTF8Safe) $ urlBaseName $ view (dlUri % pathL') dli) mfn
-  let cachfile = cacheDir </> fn
-  fileExists <- liftIO $ doesFileExist cachfile
-  if
-    | fileExists -> do
-      liftE $ checkDigest settings dli cachfile
-      pure cachfile
-    | otherwise -> liftE $ download settings dli cacheDir mfn
+      liftE $ download dli tmp mfn



@@ -442,9 +426,8 @@ downloadCached' settings Dirs{..} dli mfn = do


 -- | This is used for downloading the JSON.
-downloadBS :: (MonadCatch m, MonadIO m, MonadLogger m)
-           => Downloader
-           -> URI
+downloadBS :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadCatch m, MonadIO m, MonadLogger m)
+           => URI
           -> Excepts
                '[ FileDoesNotExistError
                 , HTTPStatusError
@@ -456,7 +439,7 @@ downloadBS :: (MonadCatch m, MonadIO m, MonadLogger m)
                 ]
                m
                L.ByteString
-downloadBS downloader uri'
+downloadBS uri'
  | scheme == "https"
  = dl True
  | scheme == "http"
@@ -476,12 +459,12 @@ downloadBS downloader uri'
  dl _ = do
 #endif
    lift $ $(logDebug) [i|downloading: #{serializeURIRef' uri'}|]
-    case downloader of
+    lift getDownloader >>= \case
      Curl -> do
        o' <- liftIO getCurlOpts
        let exe = "curl"
            args = o' ++ ["-sSfL", T.unpack $ decUTF8Safe $ serializeURIRef' uri']
-        lift (executeOut exe args Nothing) >>= \case
+        liftIO (executeOut exe args Nothing) >>= \case
          CapturedProcess ExitSuccess stdout _ -> do
            pure stdout
          CapturedProcess (ExitFailure i') _ _ -> throwE $ NonZeroExit i' exe args
@@ -489,7 +472,7 @@ downloadBS downloader uri'
        o' <- liftIO getWgetOpts
        let exe = "wget"
            args = o' ++ ["-qO-", T.unpack $ decUTF8Safe $ serializeURIRef' uri']
-        lift (executeOut exe args Nothing) >>= \case
+        liftIO (executeOut exe args Nothing) >>= \case
          CapturedProcess ExitSuccess stdout _ -> do
            pure stdout
          CapturedProcess (ExitFailure i') _ _ -> throwE $ NonZeroExit i' exe args
@@ -500,13 +483,12 @@ downloadBS downloader uri'
 #endif


-checkDigest :: (MonadIO m, MonadThrow m, MonadLogger m)
-            => Settings
-            -> DownloadInfo
+checkDigest :: (MonadIO m, MonadThrow m, MonadLogger m, MonadReader AppState m)
+            => DownloadInfo
            -> FilePath
            -> Excepts '[DigestError] m ()
-checkDigest Settings{ noVerify } dli file = do
-  let verify = not noVerify
+checkDigest dli file = do
+  verify <- lift ask <&> (not . noVerify . settings)
  when verify $ do
    let p' = takeFileName file
    lift $ $(logInfo) [i|verifying digest of: #{p'}|]
@@ -531,8 +513,3 @@ getWgetOpts =
    Just r  -> pure $ splitOn " " r
    Nothing -> pure []

-
-urlBaseName :: ByteString  -- ^ the url path (without scheme and host)
-            -> ByteString
-urlBaseName = snd . B.breakEnd (== _slash) . urlDecode False
-
--- a/lib/GHCup/Platform.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Platform.hs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import           Prelude                 hiding ( abs
 import           System.Info
 import           System.Directory
 import           System.OsRelease
-import           Text.PrettyPrint.HughesPJClass ( prettyShow )
 import           Text.Regex.Posix

 import qualified Data.Text                     as T
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ import qualified Data.Text.IO                  as T


 -- | Get the full platform request, consisting of architecture, distro, ...
-platformRequest :: (Alternative m, MonadFail m, MonadLogger m, MonadCatch m, MonadIO m)
+platformRequest :: (MonadLogger m, MonadCatch m, MonadIO m)
                => Excepts
                     '[NoCompatiblePlatform, NoCompatibleArch, DistroNotFound]
                     m
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ getArchitecture = case arch of
  what          -> Left (NoCompatibleArch what)


-getPlatform :: (Alternative m, MonadLogger m, MonadCatch m, MonadIO m, MonadFail m)
+getPlatform :: (MonadLogger m, MonadCatch m, MonadIO m)
            => Excepts
                 '[NoCompatiblePlatform, DistroNotFound]
                 m
@@ -109,25 +108,26 @@ getPlatform = do
      pure $ PlatformResult { _platform = FreeBSD, _distroVersion = ver }
    "mingw32" -> pure PlatformResult { _platform = Windows, _distroVersion = Nothing }
    what -> throwE $ NoCompatiblePlatform what
-  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|Identified Platform as: #{prettyShow pfr}|]
+  lift $ $(logDebug) [i|Identified Platform as: #{pfr}|]
  pure pfr
 where
  getMajorVersion = T.intercalate "." . take 2 . T.split (== '.')
-  getFreeBSDVersion = lift $ fmap _stdOut $ executeOut "freebsd-version" [] Nothing
-  getDarwinVersion = lift $ fmap _stdOut $ executeOut "sw_vers"
+  getFreeBSDVersion =
+    liftIO $ fmap _stdOut $ executeOut "freebsd-version" [] Nothing
+  getDarwinVersion = liftIO $ fmap _stdOut $ executeOut "sw_vers"
                                                        ["-productVersion"]
                                                        Nothing


-getLinuxDistro :: (Alternative m, MonadCatch m, MonadIO m, MonadFail m)
+getLinuxDistro :: (MonadCatch m, MonadIO m)
               => Excepts '[DistroNotFound] m (LinuxDistro, Maybe Versioning)
 getLinuxDistro = do
  -- TODO: don't do alternative on IO, because it hides bugs
-  (name, ver) <- handleIO (\_ -> throwE DistroNotFound) $ lift $ asum
-    [ liftIO try_os_release
+  (name, ver) <- handleIO (\_ -> throwE DistroNotFound) $ liftIO $ asum
+    [ try_os_release
    , try_lsb_release_cmd
-    , liftIO try_redhat_release
-    , liftIO try_debian_version
+    , try_redhat_release
+    , try_debian_version
    ]
  let parsedVer = ver >>= either (const Nothing) Just . versioning
      distro    = if
@@ -163,10 +163,9 @@ getLinuxDistro = do
      fmap osRelease <$> parseOsRelease
    pure (T.pack name, fmap T.pack version_id)

-  try_lsb_release_cmd :: (MonadFail m, MonadIO m)
-                      => m (Text, Maybe Text)
+  try_lsb_release_cmd :: IO (Text, Maybe Text)
  try_lsb_release_cmd = do
-    (Just _) <- liftIO $ findExecutable lsb_release_cmd
+    (Just _) <- findExecutable lsb_release_cmd
    name     <- fmap _stdOut $ executeOut lsb_release_cmd ["-si"] Nothing
    ver      <- fmap _stdOut $ executeOut lsb_release_cmd ["-sr"] Nothing
    pure (decUTF8Safe' name, Just $ decUTF8Safe' ver)
--- a/lib/GHCup/Types.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Types.hs
@@ -20,20 +20,16 @@ module GHCup.Types
  )
  where

-import           Control.Applicative
-import           Control.Monad.Logger
 import           Data.Map.Strict                ( Map )
 import           Data.List.NonEmpty             ( NonEmpty (..) )
 import           Data.Text                      ( Text )
 import           Data.Versions
-import           Haskus.Utils.Variant.Excepts
 import           Text.PrettyPrint.HughesPJClass (Pretty, pPrint, text)
 import           URI.ByteString
 #if defined(BRICK)
 import           Graphics.Vty                   ( Key(..) )
 #endif

-import qualified Control.Monad.Trans.Class     as Trans
 import qualified Data.Text                     as T
 import qualified GHC.Generics                  as GHC

@@ -56,7 +52,6 @@ data Key = KEsc  | KChar Char | KBS | KEnter
 data GHCupInfo = GHCupInfo
  { _toolRequirements :: ToolRequirements
  , _ghcupDownloads   :: GHCupDownloads
-  , _globalTools      :: Map GlobalTool DownloadInfo
  }
  deriving (Show, GHC.Generic)

@@ -105,9 +100,6 @@ data Tool = GHC
          | Stack
  deriving (Eq, GHC.Generic, Ord, Show, Enum, Bounded)

-data GlobalTool = ShimGen
-  deriving (Eq, GHC.Generic, Ord, Show, Enum, Bounded)
-

 -- | All necessary information of a tool version, including
 -- source download and per-architecture downloads.
@@ -315,8 +307,6 @@ data AppState = AppState
  { settings :: Settings
  , dirs :: Dirs
  , keyBindings :: KeyBindings
-  , ghcupInfo :: GHCupInfo
-  , pfreq :: PlatformRequest
  } deriving (Show)

 data Settings = Settings
@@ -447,16 +437,3 @@ instance Pretty Versioning where

 instance Pretty Version where
  pPrint = text . T.unpack . prettyVer
-
-
-instance (Monad m, Alternative m) => Alternative (LoggingT m) where
-    empty   = Trans.lift empty
-    {-# INLINE empty #-}
-    m <|> n = LoggingT $ \ r -> runLoggingT m r <|> runLoggingT n r
-    {-# INLINE (<|>) #-}
-
-
-instance MonadLogger m => MonadLogger (Excepts e m) where
-  monadLoggerLog a b c d = Trans.lift $ monadLoggerLog a b c d
-
-
--- a/lib/GHCup/Types/JSON.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Types/JSON.hs
@@ -44,16 +44,23 @@ import qualified Text.Megaparsec.Char          as MPC

 deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''Architecture
 deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''LinuxDistro
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''VSep
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''VUnit
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''Mess
 deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''MChunk
 deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''Platform
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''Mess
 deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''SemVer
 deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''Tool
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''GlobalTool
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''VSep
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''VUnit
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''VersionInfo
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''DownloadInfo
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''GHCupInfo
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''Requirements
 deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''KeepDirs
 deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''Downloader
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { sumEncoding = ObjectWithSingleField } ''URLSource
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = \str' -> maybe str' T.unpack . T.stripPrefix (T.pack "u-") . T.pack . kebab $ str' } ''UserSettings
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = \str' -> maybe str' T.unpack . T.stripPrefix (T.pack "k-") . T.pack . kebab $ str' } ''UserKeyBindings
+deriveJSON defaultOptions { sumEncoding = ObjectWithSingleField } ''Key

 instance ToJSON Tag where
  toJSON Latest             = String "Latest"
@@ -190,12 +197,6 @@ instance ToJSONKey Tool where
 instance FromJSONKey Tool where
  fromJSONKey = genericFromJSONKey defaultJSONKeyOptions

-instance ToJSONKey GlobalTool where
-  toJSONKey = genericToJSONKey defaultJSONKeyOptions
-
-instance FromJSONKey GlobalTool where
-  fromJSONKey = genericFromJSONKey defaultJSONKeyOptions
-
 instance ToJSON TarDir where
  toJSON (RealDir  p) = toJSON p
  toJSON (RegexDir r) = object ["RegexDir" .= r]
@@ -305,14 +306,3 @@ instance FromJSONKey (Maybe VersionRange)  where
    just t = case MP.parse versionRangeP "" t of
      Right x -> pure $ Just x
      Left  e -> fail $ "Failure in (Maybe VersionRange) (FromJSONKey)" <> MP.errorBundlePretty e
-
-
-
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''Requirements
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''DownloadInfo
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''VersionInfo
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = removeLensFieldLabel } ''GHCupInfo
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { sumEncoding = ObjectWithSingleField } ''URLSource
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { sumEncoding = ObjectWithSingleField } ''Key
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = \str' -> maybe str' T.unpack . T.stripPrefix (T.pack "k-") . T.pack . kebab $ str' } ''UserKeyBindings
-deriveJSON defaultOptions { fieldLabelModifier = \str' -> maybe str' T.unpack . T.stripPrefix (T.pack "u-") . T.pack . kebab $ str' } ''UserSettings
--- a/lib/GHCup/Utils.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Utils.hs
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ module GHCup.Utils
 where


-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-import           GHCup.Download
-#endif
 import           GHCup.Errors
 import           GHCup.Types
 import           GHCup.Types.Optics
@@ -51,11 +48,6 @@ import           Control.Monad.Fail             ( MonadFail )
 #endif
 import           Control.Monad.Logger
 import           Control.Monad.Reader
-import           Control.Monad.Trans.Resource
-                                         hiding ( throwM )
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-import           Data.Bits
-#endif
 import           Data.ByteString                ( ByteString )
 import           Data.Either
 import           Data.Foldable
@@ -66,6 +58,7 @@ import           Data.Maybe
 import           Data.String.Interpolate
 import           Data.Text                      ( Text )
 import           Data.Versions
+import           Data.Word8
 import           GHC.IO.Exception
 import           Haskus.Utils.Variant.Excepts
 import           Optics
@@ -73,11 +66,7 @@ import           Safe
 import           System.Directory      hiding   ( findFiles )
 import           System.FilePath
 import           System.IO.Error
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-import           System.Win32.Console
-import           System.Win32.File     hiding ( copyFile )
-import           System.Win32.Types
-#endif
+import           System.IO.Unsafe               ( unsafeInterleaveIO )
 import           Text.Regex.Posix
 import           URI.ByteString

@@ -132,7 +121,7 @@ rmMinorSymlinks tv@GHCTargetVersion{..} = do
    let f_xyz = f <> "-" <> T.unpack (prettyVer _tvVersion) <> exeExt
    let fullF = binDir </> f_xyz
    lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{fullF}|]
-    liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmLink fullF
+    liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile fullF


 -- | Removes the set ghc version for the given target, if any.
@@ -152,11 +141,11 @@ rmPlain target = do
    forM_ files $ \f -> do
      let fullF = binDir </> f <> exeExt
      lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{fullF}|]
-      liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmLink fullF
+      liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile fullF
    -- old ghcup
    let hdc_file = binDir </> "haddock-ghc" <> exeExt
    lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{hdc_file}|]
-    liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmLink hdc_file
+    liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile hdc_file


 -- | Remove the major GHC symlink, e.g. ghc-8.6.
@@ -179,7 +168,7 @@ rmMajorSymlinks tv@GHCTargetVersion{..} = do
    let f_xy = f <> "-" <> T.unpack v' <> exeExt
    let fullF = binDir </> f_xy
    lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{fullF}|]
-    liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmLink fullF
+    liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeFile fullF



@@ -216,27 +205,27 @@ ghcSet mtarget = do
  -- link destination is of the form ../ghc/<ver>/bin/ghc
  -- for old ghcup, it is ../ghc/<ver>/bin/ghc-<ver>
  liftIO $ handleIO' NoSuchThing (\_ -> pure Nothing) $ do
-    link <- liftIO $ getLinkTarget ghcBin
+    link <- liftIO $ getSymbolicLinkTarget ghcBin
    Just <$> ghcLinkVersion link
+
+ghcLinkVersion :: MonadThrow m => FilePath -> m GHCTargetVersion
+ghcLinkVersion (T.pack . dropSuffix exeExt -> t) = throwEither $ MP.parse parser "ghcLinkVersion" t
 where
-  ghcLinkVersion :: MonadThrow m => FilePath -> m GHCTargetVersion
-  ghcLinkVersion (T.pack . dropSuffix exeExt -> t) = throwEither $ MP.parse parser "ghcLinkVersion" t
-   where
-    parser =
-        (do
-           _    <- parseUntil1 ghcSubPath
-           _    <- ghcSubPath
-           r    <- parseUntil1 pathSep
-           rest <- MP.getInput
-           MP.setInput r
-           x <- ghcTargetVerP
-           MP.setInput rest
-           pure x
-         )
-        <* pathSep
-        <* MP.takeRest
-        <* MP.eof
-    ghcSubPath = pathSep <* MP.chunk "ghc" *> pathSep
+  parser =
+      (do
+         _    <- parseUntil1 ghcSubPath
+         _    <- ghcSubPath
+         r    <- parseUntil1 pathSep
+         rest <- MP.getInput
+         MP.setInput r
+         x <- ghcTargetVerP
+         MP.setInput rest
+         pure x
+       )
+      <* pathSep
+      <* MP.takeRest
+      <* MP.eof
+  ghcSubPath = pathSep <* MP.chunk "ghc" *> pathSep

 -- | Get all installed GHCs by reading ~/.ghcup/ghc/<dir>.
 -- If a dir cannot be parsed, returns left.
@@ -265,7 +254,7 @@ getInstalledCabals' cs = do
  bins   <- liftIO $ handleIO (\_ -> pure []) $ findFiles
    binDir
    (makeRegexOpts compExtended execBlank ([s|^cabal-.*$|] :: ByteString))
-  vs <- forM bins $ \f -> case version . T.pack <$> (stripSuffix exeExt =<< stripPrefix "cabal-" f) of
+  vs <- forM bins $ \f -> case fmap (version . T.pack . dropSuffix exeExt) . stripPrefix "cabal-" $ f of
    Just (Right r) -> pure $ Right r
    Just (Left  _) -> pure $ Left f
    Nothing        -> pure $ Left f
@@ -284,7 +273,7 @@ cabalSet :: (MonadLogger m, MonadReader AppState m, MonadIO m, MonadThrow m, Mon
 cabalSet = do
  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- ask
  let cabalbin = binDir </> "cabal" <> exeExt
-  b        <- handleIO (\_ -> pure False) $ liftIO $ pathIsLink cabalbin
+  b        <- handleIO (\_ -> pure False) $ liftIO $ pathIsSymbolicLink cabalbin
  if
    | b -> do
      handleIO' NoSuchThing (\_ -> pure Nothing) $ do
@@ -292,20 +281,20 @@ cabalSet = do
        if broken
          then pure Nothing
          else do
-            link <- liftIO $ getLinkTarget cabalbin
+            link <- liftIO $ getSymbolicLinkTarget cabalbin
            case linkVersion link of
              Right v -> pure $ Just v
              Left err -> do
                $(logWarn) [i|Failed to parse cabal symlink target with: "#{err}". The symlink #{cabalbin} needs to point to valid cabal binary, such as 'cabal-3.4.0.0'.|]
                pure Nothing
    | otherwise -> do -- legacy behavior
-      mc <- handleIO (\_ -> pure Nothing) $ fmap Just $ executeOut
+      mc <- liftIO $ handleIO (\_ -> pure Nothing) $ fmap Just $ executeOut
        cabalbin
        ["--numeric-version"]
        Nothing
      fmap join $ forM mc $ \c -> if
        | not (BL.null (_stdOut c)), _exitCode c == ExitSuccess -> do
-          let reportedVer = fst . B.spanEnd isNewLine . BL.toStrict . _stdOut $ c
+          let reportedVer = fst . B.spanEnd (== _lf) . BL.toStrict . _stdOut $ c
          case version $ decUTF8Safe reportedVer of
            Left  e -> throwM e
            Right r -> pure $ Just r
@@ -315,7 +304,7 @@ cabalSet = do
  -- because of:
  --   https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/-/issues/119
  linkVersion :: MonadThrow m => FilePath -> m Version
-  linkVersion = throwEither . MP.parse parser "linkVersion" . T.pack . dropSuffix exeExt
+  linkVersion = throwEither . MP.parse parser "" . T.pack . dropSuffix exeExt

  parser
    =   MP.try (stripAbsolutePath *> cabalParse)
@@ -349,7 +338,7 @@ getInstalledHLSs = do
    )
  forM bins $ \f ->
    case
-          version . T.pack <$> (stripSuffix exeExt =<< stripPrefix "haskell-language-server-wrapper-" f)
+          fmap (version . T.pack . dropSuffix exeExt) . stripPrefix "haskell-language-server-wrapper-" $ f
      of
        Just (Right r) -> pure $ Right r
        Just (Left  _) -> pure $ Left f
@@ -368,7 +357,9 @@ getInstalledStacks = do
                   ([s|^stack-.*$|] :: ByteString)
    )
  forM bins $ \f ->
-    case version . T.pack <$> (stripSuffix exeExt =<< stripPrefix "stack-" f) of
+    case
+          fmap (version . T.pack . dropSuffix exeExt) . stripPrefix "stack-" $ f
+      of
        Just (Right r) -> pure $ Right r
        Just (Left  _) -> pure $ Left f
        Nothing        -> pure $ Left f
@@ -385,27 +376,14 @@ stackSet = do
    if broken
      then pure Nothing
      else do
-        link <- liftIO $ getLinkTarget stackBin
+        link <- liftIO $ getSymbolicLinkTarget stackBin
        Just <$> linkVersion link
 where
  linkVersion :: MonadThrow m => FilePath -> m Version
  linkVersion = throwEither . MP.parse parser "" . T.pack . dropSuffix exeExt
   where
-    parser
-      =   MP.try (stripAbsolutePath *> cabalParse)
-      <|> MP.try (stripRelativePath *> cabalParse)
-      <|> cabalParse
-    -- parses the version of "stack-2.7.1" -> "2.7.1"
-    cabalParse = MP.chunk "stack-" *> version'
-    -- parses any path component ending with path separator,
-    -- e.g. "foo/"
-    stripPathComponet = parseUntil1 pathSep *> pathSep
-    -- parses an absolute path up until the last path separator,
-    -- e.g. "/bar/baz/foo" -> "/bar/baz/", leaving "foo"
-    stripAbsolutePath = pathSep *> MP.many (MP.try stripPathComponet)
-    -- parses a relative path up until the last path separator,
-    -- e.g. "bar/baz/foo" -> "bar/baz/", leaving "foo"
-    stripRelativePath = MP.many (MP.try stripPathComponet)
+    parser =
+      MP.chunk "stack-" *> version'

 -- | Whether the given Stack version is installed.
 stackInstalled :: (MonadIO m, MonadReader AppState m, MonadCatch m) => Version -> m Bool
@@ -432,27 +410,14 @@ hlsSet = do
    if broken
      then pure Nothing
      else do
-        link <- liftIO $ getLinkTarget hlsBin
+        link <- liftIO $ getSymbolicLinkTarget hlsBin
        Just <$> linkVersion link
 where
  linkVersion :: MonadThrow m => FilePath -> m Version
  linkVersion = throwEither . MP.parse parser "" . T.pack . dropSuffix exeExt
   where
-    parser
-      =   MP.try (stripAbsolutePath *> cabalParse)
-      <|> MP.try (stripRelativePath *> cabalParse)
-      <|> cabalParse
-    -- parses the version of "haskell-language-server-wrapper-1.1.0" -> "1.1.0"
-    cabalParse = MP.chunk "haskell-language-server-wrapper-" *> version'
-    -- parses any path component ending with path separator,
-    -- e.g. "foo/"
-    stripPathComponet = parseUntil1 pathSep *> pathSep
-    -- parses an absolute path up until the last path separator,
-    -- e.g. "/bar/baz/foo" -> "/bar/baz/", leaving "foo"
-    stripAbsolutePath = pathSep *> MP.many (MP.try stripPathComponet)
-    -- parses a relative path up until the last path separator,
-    -- e.g. "bar/baz/foo" -> "bar/baz/", leaving "foo"
-    stripRelativePath = MP.many (MP.try stripPathComponet)
+    parser =
+      MP.chunk "haskell-language-server-wrapper-" *> version'


 -- | Return the GHC versions the currently selected HLS supports.
@@ -535,7 +500,7 @@ hlsSymlinks = do
    )
  filterM
    ( liftIO
-    . pathIsLink
+    . pathIsSymbolicLink
    . (binDir </>)
    )
    oldSyms
@@ -761,6 +726,11 @@ getDownloader = ask <&> downloader . settings
    -------------


+urlBaseName :: ByteString  -- ^ the url path (without scheme and host)
+            -> ByteString
+urlBaseName = snd . B.breakEnd (== _slash) . urlDecode False
+
+
 -- | Get tool files from @~\/.ghcup\/bin\/ghc\/\<ver\>\/bin\/\*@
 -- while ignoring @*-\<ver\>@ symlinks and accounting for cross triple prefix.
 --
@@ -840,20 +810,19 @@ make args workdir = do
  let mymake = if has_gmake then "gmake" else "make"
  execLogged mymake args workdir "ghc-make" Nothing

-makeOut :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadIO m)
-        => [String]
+makeOut :: [String]
        -> Maybe FilePath
-        -> m CapturedProcess
+        -> IO CapturedProcess
 makeOut args workdir = do
  spaths    <- liftIO getSearchPath
  has_gmake <- isJust <$> liftIO (searchPath spaths "gmake")
  let mymake = if has_gmake then "gmake" else "make"
-  executeOut mymake args workdir
+  liftIO $ executeOut mymake args workdir


 -- | Try to apply patches in order. Fails with 'PatchFailed'
 -- on first failure.
-applyPatches :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadLogger m, MonadIO m)
+applyPatches :: (MonadLogger m, MonadIO m)
             => FilePath   -- ^ dir containing patches
             -> FilePath   -- ^ dir to apply patches in
             -> Excepts '[PatchFailed] m ()
@@ -862,7 +831,7 @@ applyPatches pdir ddir = do
  forM_ (sort patches) $ \patch' -> do
    lift $ $(logInfo) [i|Applying patch #{patch'}|]
    fmap (either (const Nothing) Just)
-         (exec
+         (liftIO $ exec
           "patch"
           ["-p1", "-i", patch']
           (Just ddir)
@@ -871,10 +840,7 @@ applyPatches pdir ddir = do


 -- | https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/17353
-darwinNotarization :: (MonadReader AppState m, MonadIO m)
-                   => Platform
-                   -> FilePath
-                   -> m (Either ProcessError ())
+darwinNotarization :: Platform -> FilePath -> IO (Either ProcessError ())
 darwinNotarization Darwin path = exec
  "xattr"
  ["-r", "-d", "com.apple.quarantine", path]
@@ -903,11 +869,11 @@ runBuildAction bdir instdir action = do
  AppState { settings = Settings {..} } <- lift ask
  let exAction = do
        forM_ instdir $ \dir ->
-          liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmPath dir
+          liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ removeDirectoryRecursive dir
        when (keepDirs == Never)
          $ liftIO
          $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType
-          $ rmPath bdir
+          $ removeDirectoryRecursive bdir
  v <-
    flip onException exAction
    $ catchAllE
@@ -916,10 +882,90 @@ runBuildAction bdir instdir action = do
          throwE (BuildFailed bdir es)
        ) action

-  when (keepDirs == Never || keepDirs == Errors) $ liftIO $ rmPath bdir
+  when (keepDirs == Never || keepDirs == Errors) $ liftIO $ removeDirectoryRecursive
+    bdir
  pure v


+-- | More permissive version of 'createDirRecursive'. This doesn't
+-- error when the destination is a symlink to a directory.
+createDirRecursive' :: FilePath -> IO ()
+createDirRecursive' p =
+  handleIO (\e -> if isAlreadyExistsError e then isSymlinkDir e else throwIO e)
+    . createDirectoryIfMissing True
+    $ p
+
+ where
+  isSymlinkDir e = do
+    ft <- pathIsSymbolicLink p
+    case ft of
+      True -> do
+        rp <- canonicalizePath p
+        rft <- doesDirectoryExist rp
+        case rft of
+          True -> pure ()
+          _ -> throwIO e
+      _ -> throwIO e
+
+
+-- | Recursively copy the contents of one directory to another path.
+--
+-- This is a rip-off of Cabal library.
+copyDirectoryRecursive :: FilePath -> FilePath -> IO ()
+copyDirectoryRecursive srcDir destDir = do
+  srcFiles <- getDirectoryContentsRecursive srcDir
+  copyFilesWith copyFile destDir [ (srcDir, f)
+                                   | f <- srcFiles ]
+  where
+    -- | Common implementation of 'copyFiles', 'installOrdinaryFiles',
+    -- 'installExecutableFiles' and 'installMaybeExecutableFiles'.
+    copyFilesWith :: (FilePath -> FilePath -> IO ())
+                  -> FilePath -> [(FilePath, FilePath)] -> IO ()
+    copyFilesWith doCopy targetDir srcFiles = do
+
+      -- Create parent directories for everything
+      let dirs = map (targetDir </>) . nub . map (takeDirectory . snd) $ srcFiles
+      traverse_ (createDirectoryIfMissing True) dirs
+
+      -- Copy all the files
+      sequence_ [ let src  = srcBase   </> srcFile
+                      dest = targetDir </> srcFile
+                   in doCopy src dest
+                | (srcBase, srcFile) <- srcFiles ]
+
+    -- | List all the files in a directory and all subdirectories.
+    --
+    -- The order places files in sub-directories after all the files in their
+    -- parent directories. The list is generated lazily so is not well defined if
+    -- the source directory structure changes before the list is used.
+    --
+    getDirectoryContentsRecursive :: FilePath -> IO [FilePath]
+    getDirectoryContentsRecursive topdir = recurseDirectories [""]
+      where
+        recurseDirectories :: [FilePath] -> IO [FilePath]
+        recurseDirectories []         = return []
+        recurseDirectories (dir:dirs) = unsafeInterleaveIO $ do
+          (files, dirs') <- collect [] [] =<< getDirectoryContents (topdir </> dir)
+          files' <- recurseDirectories (dirs' ++ dirs)
+          return (files ++ files')
+
+          where
+            collect files dirs' []              = return (reverse files
+                                                         ,reverse dirs')
+            collect files dirs' (entry:entries) | ignore entry
+                                                = collect files dirs' entries
+            collect files dirs' (entry:entries) = do
+              let dirEntry = dir </> entry
+              isDirectory <- doesDirectoryExist (topdir </> dirEntry)
+              if isDirectory
+                then collect files (dirEntry:dirs') entries
+                else collect (dirEntry:files) dirs' entries
+
+            ignore ['.']      = True
+            ignore ['.', '.'] = True
+            ignore _          = False
+
+
 getVersionInfo :: Version
               -> Tool
               -> GHCupDownloads
@@ -933,6 +979,15 @@ getVersionInfo v' tool =
    )


+-- Gathering monoidal values
+traverseFold :: (Foldable t, Applicative m, Monoid b) => (a -> m b) -> t a -> m b
+traverseFold f = foldl (\mb a -> (<>) <$> mb <*> f a) (pure mempty)
+
+-- | Gathering monoidal values
+forFold :: (Foldable t, Applicative m, Monoid b) => t a -> (a -> m b) -> m b
+forFold = \t -> (`traverseFold` t)
+
+
 -- | The file extension for executables.
 exeExt :: String
 #if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
@@ -941,150 +996,3 @@ exeExt = ".exe"
 exeExt = ""
 #endif

-- | The file extension for executables.
-exeExt' :: ByteString
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-exeExt' = ".exe"
-#else
-exeExt' = ""
-#endif
-
-
-- | Enables ANSI support on windows, does nothing on unix.
--
-- Returns 'Left str' on errors and 'Right bool' on success, where
-- 'bool' markes whether ansi support was already enabled.
--
-- This function never crashes.
--
-- Rip-off of https://docs.rs/ansi_term/0.12.1/x86_64-pc-windows-msvc/src/ansi_term/windows.rs.html#10-61
-enableAnsiSupport :: IO (Either String Bool)
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-enableAnsiSupport = handleIO (pure . Left . displayException) $ do
-  -- ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-createfilew
-  -- Using `CreateFileW("CONOUT$", ...)` to retrieve the console handle works correctly even if STDOUT and/or STDERR are redirected
-  h <- createFile "CONOUT$" (gENERIC_WRITE .|. gENERIC_READ)
-    fILE_SHARE_WRITE Nothing oPEN_EXISTING 0 Nothing
-  when (h == iNVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ) $ fail "invalid handle value"
-
-  -- ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/getconsolemode
-  m <- getConsoleMode h
-
-  -- VT processing not already enabled?
-  if ((m .&. eNABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING) == 0)
-  -- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/setconsolemode
-  then setConsoleMode h (m .|. eNABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING)
-    >> pure (Right False)
-  else pure (Right True)
-#else
-enableAnsiSupport = pure (Right True)
-#endif
-
-
-- | On unix, we can use symlinks, so we just get the
-- symbolic link target.
--
-- On windows, we have to emulate symlinks via shims,
-- see 'createLink'.
-getLinkTarget :: FilePath -> IO FilePath
-getLinkTarget fp = do
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  content <- readFile (dropExtension fp <.> "shim")
-  [p] <- pure . filter ("path = " `isPrefixOf`) . lines $ content
-  pure $ stripNewline $ dropPrefix "path = " p
-#else
-  getSymbolicLinkTarget fp
-#endif
-
-
-- | Checks whether the path is a link.
-pathIsLink :: FilePath -> IO Bool
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-pathIsLink fp = doesPathExist (dropExtension fp <.> "shim")
-#else
-pathIsLink = pathIsSymbolicLink
-#endif
-
-
-rmLink :: FilePath -> IO ()
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-rmLink fp = do
-  hideError doesNotExistErrorType . liftIO . rmFile $ fp
-  hideError doesNotExistErrorType . liftIO . rmFile $ (dropExtension fp <.> "shim")
-#else
-rmLink = hideError doesNotExistErrorType . liftIO . rmFile
-#endif
-
-
-- | Creates a symbolic link on unix and a fake symlink on windows for
-- executables, which:
--     1. is a shim exe
--     2. has a corresponding .shim file in the same directory that
--        contains the target
--
-- This overwrites previously existing files.
--
-- On windows, this requires that 'ensureGlobalTools' was run beforehand.
-createLink :: ( MonadMask m
-              , MonadThrow m
-              , MonadLogger m
-              , MonadIO m
-              , MonadReader AppState m
-              , MonadUnliftIO m
-              , MonadFail m
-              )
-           => FilePath      -- ^ path to the target executable
-           -> FilePath      -- ^ path to be created
-           -> m ()
-createLink link exe = do
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  AppState { dirs } <- ask
-  let shimGen = cacheDir dirs </> "gs.exe"
-
-  let shim = dropExtension exe <.> "shim"
-      -- For hardlinks, link needs to be absolute.
-      -- If link is relative, it's relative to the target exe.
-      -- Note that (</>) drops lhs when rhs is absolute.
-      fullLink = takeDirectory exe </> link
-      shimContents = "path = " <> fullLink
-
-  $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{exe}|]
-  liftIO $ rmLink exe
-
-  $(logDebug) [i|ln -s #{fullLink} #{exe}|]
-  liftIO $ copyFile shimGen exe
-  liftIO $ writeFile shim shimContents
-#else
-  $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{exe}|]
-  liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmFile exe
-
-  $(logDebug) [i|ln -s #{link} #{exe}|]
-  liftIO $ createFileLink link exe
-#endif
-
-
-ensureGlobalTools :: ( MonadMask m
-                     , MonadThrow m
-                     , MonadLogger m
-                     , MonadIO m
-                     , MonadReader AppState m
-                     , MonadUnliftIO m
-                     , MonadFail m
-                     )
-                  => Excepts '[DigestError , DownloadFailed, NoDownload] m ()
-ensureGlobalTools = do
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  AppState { ghcupInfo = GHCupInfo _ _ gTools, settings, dirs } <- lift ask
-  shimDownload <- liftE $ lE @_ @'[NoDownload]
-    $ maybe (Left NoDownload) Right $ Map.lookup ShimGen gTools
-  let dl = downloadCached' settings dirs shimDownload (Just "gs.exe")
-  void $ (\(DigestError _ _) -> do
-      lift $ $(logWarn) [i|Digest doesn't match, redownloading gs.exe...|]
-      lift $ $(logDebug) [i|rm -f #{shimDownload}|]
-      liftIO $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType $ rmFile (cacheDir dirs </> "gs.exe")
-      liftE @'[DigestError , DownloadFailed] $ dl
-    ) `catchE` (liftE @'[DigestError , DownloadFailed] dl)
-  pure ()
-#else
-  pure ()
-#endif
--- a/lib/GHCup/Utils.hs-boot
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Utils.hs-boot
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-module GHCup.Utils where
-
-getLinkTarget :: FilePath -> IO FilePath
-pathIsLink :: FilePath -> IO Bool
--- a/lib/GHCup/Utils/Dirs.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Utils/Dirs.hs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Portability : portable
 -}
 module GHCup.Utils.Dirs
  ( getDirs
-  , ghcupBaseDir
  , ghcupConfigFile
  , ghcupCacheDir
  , ghcupGHCBaseDir
@@ -48,9 +47,7 @@ import           Data.String.Interpolate
 import           GHC.IO.Exception               ( IOErrorType(NoSuchThing) )
 import           Haskus.Utils.Variant.Excepts
 import           Optics
-#if !defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-import           System.Directory                                                
-#endif
+import           System.Directory
 import           System.DiskSpace                                                
 import           System.Environment
 import           System.FilePath
@@ -75,10 +72,6 @@ import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay)
 -- then uses 'XDG_DATA_HOME/ghcup' as per xdg spec.
 ghcupBaseDir :: IO FilePath
 ghcupBaseDir = do
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  bdir <- fromMaybe "C:\\" <$> lookupEnv "GHCUP_INSTALL_BASE_PREFIX"
-  pure (bdir </> "ghcup")
-#else
  xdg <- useXDG
  if xdg
    then do
@@ -93,7 +86,6 @@ ghcupBaseDir = do
        Just r  -> pure r
        Nothing -> liftIO getHomeDirectory
      pure (bdir </> ".ghcup")
-#endif


 -- | ~/.ghcup by default
@@ -102,9 +94,6 @@ ghcupBaseDir = do
 -- then uses 'XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ghcup' as per xdg spec.
 ghcupConfigDir :: IO FilePath
 ghcupConfigDir = do
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  ghcupBaseDir
-#else
  xdg <- useXDG
  if xdg
    then do
@@ -119,7 +108,6 @@ ghcupConfigDir = do
        Just r  -> pure r
        Nothing -> liftIO getHomeDirectory
      pure (bdir </> ".ghcup")
-#endif


 -- | If 'GHCUP_USE_XDG_DIRS' is set (to anything),
@@ -127,9 +115,6 @@ ghcupConfigDir = do
 -- (which, sadly is not strictly xdg spec).
 ghcupBinDir :: IO FilePath
 ghcupBinDir = do
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  ghcupBaseDir <&> (</> "bin")
-#else
  xdg <- useXDG
  if xdg
    then do
@@ -139,7 +124,6 @@ ghcupBinDir = do
          home <- liftIO getHomeDirectory
          pure (home </> ".local" </> "bin")
    else ghcupBaseDir <&> (</> "bin")
-#endif


 -- | Defaults to '~/.ghcup/cache'.
@@ -148,9 +132,6 @@ ghcupBinDir = do
 -- then uses 'XDG_CACHE_HOME/ghcup' as per xdg spec.
 ghcupCacheDir :: IO FilePath
 ghcupCacheDir = do
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  ghcupBaseDir <&> (</> "cache")
-#else
  xdg <- useXDG
  if xdg
    then do
@@ -161,7 +142,6 @@ ghcupCacheDir = do
          pure (home </> ".cache")
      pure (bdir </> "ghcup")
    else ghcupBaseDir <&> (</> "cache")
-#endif


 -- | Defaults to '~/.ghcup/logs'.
@@ -170,9 +150,6 @@ ghcupCacheDir = do
 -- then uses 'XDG_CACHE_HOME/ghcup/logs' as per xdg spec.
 ghcupLogsDir :: IO FilePath
 ghcupLogsDir = do
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  ghcupBaseDir <&> (</> "logs")
-#else
  xdg <- useXDG
  if xdg
    then do
@@ -183,7 +160,6 @@ ghcupLogsDir = do
          pure (home </> ".cache")
      pure (bdir </> "ghcup" </> "logs")
    else ghcupBaseDir <&> (</> "logs")
-#endif


 getDirs :: IO Dirs
@@ -266,7 +242,7 @@ mkGhcupTmpDir = do


 withGHCupTmpDir :: (MonadUnliftIO m, MonadLogger m, MonadCatch m, MonadResource m, MonadThrow m, MonadIO m) => m FilePath
-withGHCupTmpDir = snd <$> withRunInIO (\run -> run $ allocate (run mkGhcupTmpDir) rmPath)
+withGHCupTmpDir = snd <$> withRunInIO (\run -> run $ allocate (run mkGhcupTmpDir) removeDirectoryRecursive)



@@ -276,10 +252,8 @@ withGHCupTmpDir = snd <$> withRunInIO (\run -> run $ allocate (run mkGhcupTmpDir
    --------------


-#if !defined(IS_WINDOWS)
 useXDG :: IO Bool
 useXDG = isJust <$> lookupEnv "GHCUP_USE_XDG_DIRS"
-#endif


 relativeSymlink :: FilePath  -- ^ the path in which to create the symlink
--- a/lib/GHCup/Utils/File/Common.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Utils/File/Common.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module GHCup.Utils.File.Common where

 import           GHCup.Utils.Prelude

+import           Control.Exception
 import           Control.Monad.Extra
 import           Control.Monad.Reader
 import           Data.Maybe
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import           GHC.IO.Exception
 import           Optics                  hiding ((<|), (|>))
 import           System.Directory
 import           System.FilePath
+import           System.IO.Error
 import           Text.PrettyPrint.HughesPJClass hiding ( (<>) )
 import           Text.Regex.Posix

@@ -104,3 +106,17 @@ findFiles path regex = do
  contents <- listDirectory path
  pure $ filter (match regex) contents

+
+isBrokenSymlink :: FilePath -> IO Bool
+isBrokenSymlink fp = do
+  try (pathIsSymbolicLink fp) >>= \case
+    Right True -> do
+      let symDir = takeDirectory fp
+      tfp <- getSymbolicLinkTarget fp
+      not <$> doesPathExist
+        -- this drops 'symDir' if 'tfp' is absolute
+        (symDir </> tfp)
+    Right b -> pure b
+    Left e | isDoesNotExistError e -> pure False
+           | otherwise -> throwIO e
+
--- a/lib/GHCup/Utils/File/Posix.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Utils/File/Posix.hs
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import           System.Console.Pretty   hiding ( Pretty )
 import           System.Console.Regions
 import           System.IO.Error
 import           System.FilePath
-import           System.Directory
 import           System.Posix.Directory
 import           System.Posix.Files
 import           System.Posix.IO
@@ -64,12 +63,11 @@ import qualified "unix-bytestring" System.Posix.IO.ByteString

 -- | Execute the given command and collect the stdout, stderr and the exit code.
 -- The command is run in a subprocess.
-executeOut :: MonadIO m
-           => FilePath          -- ^ command as filename, e.g. 'ls'
+executeOut :: FilePath          -- ^ command as filename, e.g. 'ls'
           -> [String]          -- ^ arguments to the command
           -> Maybe FilePath    -- ^ chdir to this path
-           -> m CapturedProcess
-executeOut path args chdir = liftIO $ captureOutStreams $ do
+           -> IO CapturedProcess
+executeOut path args chdir = captureOutStreams $ do
  maybe (pure ()) changeWorkingDirectory chdir
  SPP.executeFile path True args Nothing

@@ -318,13 +316,12 @@ createRegularFileFd fm dest =


 -- | Thin wrapper around `executeFile`.
-exec :: MonadIO m
-     => String           -- ^ thing to execute
+exec :: String           -- ^ thing to execute
     -> [String]         -- ^ args for the thing
     -> Maybe FilePath   -- ^ optionally chdir into this
     -> Maybe [(String, String)] -- ^ optional environment
-     -> m (Either ProcessError ())
-exec exe args chdir env = liftIO $ do
+     -> IO (Either ProcessError ())
+exec exe args chdir env = do
  pid <- SPP.forkProcess $ do
    maybe (pure ()) changeWorkingDirectory chdir
    SPP.executeFile exe (not ("./" `isPrefixOf` exe)) args env
@@ -369,18 +366,3 @@ newFilePerms =
    `unionFileModes` groupReadMode
    `unionFileModes` otherWriteMode
    `unionFileModes` otherReadMode
-
-
-- | Checks whether the binary is a broken link.
-isBrokenSymlink :: FilePath -> IO Bool
-isBrokenSymlink fp = do
-  try (pathIsSymbolicLink fp) >>= \case
-    Right True -> do
-      let symDir = takeDirectory fp
-      tfp <- getSymbolicLinkTarget fp
-      not <$> doesPathExist
-        -- this drops 'symDir' if 'tfp' is absolute
-        (symDir </> tfp)
-    Right b -> pure b
-    Left e | isDoesNotExistError e -> pure False
-           | otherwise -> throwIO e
--- a/lib/GHCup/Utils/File/Windows.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Utils/File/Windows.hs
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ Some of these functions use sophisticated logging.
 -}
 module GHCup.Utils.File.Windows where

-import {-# SOURCE #-} GHCup.Utils ( getLinkTarget, pathIsLink )
-import           GHCup.Utils.Dirs
 import           GHCup.Utils.File.Common
 import           GHCup.Types

@@ -25,12 +23,10 @@ import           Control.DeepSeq
 import           Control.Exception.Safe
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Control.Monad.Reader
-import           Data.List
 import           Foreign.C.Error
 import           GHC.IO.Exception
 import           GHC.IO.Handle
 import           System.Directory
-import           System.Environment
 import           System.FilePath
 import           System.IO
 import           System.Process
@@ -38,7 +34,6 @@ import           System.Process
 import qualified Control.Exception             as EX
 import qualified Data.ByteString               as BS
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy          as BL
-import qualified Data.Map.Strict               as Map



@@ -68,7 +63,7 @@ readCreateProcessWithExitCodeBS cp input = do
                    std_out = CreatePipe,
                    std_err = CreatePipe
                  }
-    withCreateProcess_ "readCreateProcessWithExitCodeBS" cp_opts $
+    withCreateProcess_ "readCreateProcessWithExitCode" cp_opts $
      \mb_inh mb_outh mb_errh ph ->
        case (mb_inh, mb_outh, mb_errh) of
          (Just inh, Just outh, Just errh) -> do
@@ -135,14 +130,12 @@ withForkWait async' body = do

 -- | Execute the given command and collect the stdout, stderr and the exit code.
 -- The command is run in a subprocess.
-executeOut :: MonadIO m
-           => FilePath          -- ^ command as filename, e.g. 'ls'
+executeOut :: FilePath          -- ^ command as filename, e.g. 'ls'
           -> [String]          -- ^ arguments to the command
           -> Maybe FilePath    -- ^ chdir to this path
-           -> m CapturedProcess
+           -> IO CapturedProcess
 executeOut path args chdir = do
-  cp <- createProcessWithMingwPath ((proc path args){ cwd = chdir })
-  (exit, out, err) <- liftIO $ readCreateProcessWithExitCodeBS cp ""
+  (exit, out, err) <- readCreateProcessWithExitCodeBS (proc path args){ cwd = chdir } ""
  pure $ CapturedProcess exit out err


@@ -157,16 +150,15 @@ execLogged exe args chdir lfile env = do
  AppState { dirs = Dirs {..} } <- ask
  let stdoutLogfile = logsDir </> lfile <> ".stdout.log"
      stderrLogfile = logsDir </> lfile <> ".stderr.log"
-  cp <- createProcessWithMingwPath ((proc exe args)
-    { cwd = chdir
-    , env = env
-    , std_in = CreatePipe
-    , std_out = CreatePipe
-    , std_err = CreatePipe
-    })
  fmap (toProcessError exe args)
    $ liftIO
-    $ withCreateProcess cp
+    $ withCreateProcess
+        (proc exe args){ cwd = chdir
+                       , env = env
+                       , std_in = CreatePipe
+                       , std_out = CreatePipe
+                       , std_err = CreatePipe
+        }
    $ \_ mout merr ph ->
        case (mout, merr) of
          (Just cStdout, Just cStderr) -> do
@@ -192,15 +184,15 @@ execLogged exe args chdir lfile env = do
        

 -- | Thin wrapper around `executeFile`.
-exec :: MonadIO m
-     => FilePath       -- ^ thing to execute
+exec :: FilePath       -- ^ thing to execute
     -> [FilePath]     -- ^ args for the thing
     -> Maybe FilePath   -- ^ optionally chdir into this
     -> Maybe [(String, String)] -- ^ optional environment
-     -> m (Either ProcessError ())
+     -> IO (Either ProcessError ())
 exec exe args chdir env = do
-  cp <- createProcessWithMingwPath ((proc exe args) { cwd = chdir, env = env })
-  exit_code <- liftIO $ withCreateProcess cp $ \_ _ _ p -> waitForProcess p
+  exit_code <- withCreateProcess
+                 (proc exe args) { cwd = chdir, env = env } $ \_ _ _ p ->
+                 waitForProcess p
  pure $ toProcessError exe args exit_code


@@ -208,40 +200,3 @@ chmod_755 :: MonadIO m => FilePath -> m ()
 chmod_755 fp =
  let perm = setOwnerWritable True emptyPermissions
  in liftIO $ setPermissions fp perm
-
-
-createProcessWithMingwPath :: MonadIO m
-                          => CreateProcess
-                          -> m CreateProcess
-createProcessWithMingwPath cp = do
-  msys2Dir <- liftIO ghcupMsys2Dir
-  cEnv <- Map.fromList <$> maybe (liftIO getEnvironment) pure (env cp)
-  let mingWPaths = [msys2Dir </> "usr" </> "bin"
-                   ,msys2Dir </> "mingw64" </> "bin"]
-      paths = ["PATH", "Path"]
-      curPaths = (\x -> maybe [] splitSearchPath (Map.lookup x cEnv)) =<< paths
-      newPath = intercalate [searchPathSeparator] (mingWPaths ++ curPaths)
-      envWithoutPath = foldr (\x y -> Map.delete x y) cEnv paths
-      envWithNewPath = Map.insert "Path" newPath envWithoutPath
-  liftIO $ setEnv "Path" newPath
-  pure $ cp { env = Just $ Map.toList envWithNewPath }
-
-ghcupMsys2Dir :: IO FilePath
-ghcupMsys2Dir =
-  lookupEnv "GHCUP_MSYS2" >>= \case
-    Just fp -> pure fp
-    Nothing -> do
-      baseDir <- liftIO ghcupBaseDir
-      pure (baseDir </> "msys64")
-
-- | Checks whether the binary is a broken link.
-isBrokenSymlink :: FilePath -> IO Bool
-isBrokenSymlink fp = do
-  b <- pathIsLink fp
-  if b
-  then do
-    tfp <- getLinkTarget fp
-    not <$> doesPathExist
-      -- this drops 'symDir' if 'tfp' is absolute
-      (takeDirectory fp </> tfp)
-  else pure False
--- a/lib/GHCup/Utils/Logger.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Utils/Logger.hs
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ Here we define our main logger.
 -}
 module GHCup.Utils.Logger where

+import           GHCup.Types
 import           GHCup.Utils.File
 import           GHCup.Utils.String.QQ

 import           Control.Monad
 import           Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import           Control.Monad.Reader
 import           Control.Monad.Logger
 import           Prelude                 hiding ( appendFile )
 import           System.Console.Pretty
@@ -66,8 +68,9 @@ myLoggerT LoggerConfig {..} loggingt = runLoggingT loggingt mylogger
    rawOutter outr


-initGHCupFileLogging :: (MonadIO m) => FilePath -> m FilePath
-initGHCupFileLogging logsDir = do
+initGHCupFileLogging :: (MonadIO m, MonadReader AppState m) => m FilePath
+initGHCupFileLogging = do
+  AppState {dirs = Dirs {..}} <- ask
  let logfile = logsDir </> "ghcup.log"
  liftIO $ do
    createDirectoryIfMissing True logsDir
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ initGHCupFileLogging logsDir = do
                     execBlank
                     ([s|^.*\.log$|] :: B.ByteString)
      )
-    forM_ logFiles $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType . rmFile . (logsDir </>)
+    forM_ logFiles $ hideError doesNotExistErrorType . removeFile . (logsDir </>)

    writeFile logfile ""
    pure logfile
--- a/lib/GHCup/Utils/Prelude.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Utils/Prelude.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP                 #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DataKinds           #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts    #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances   #-}
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ import           Control.Monad.IO.Class
 import           Control.Monad.Trans.Class      ( lift )
 import           Data.Bifunctor
 import           Data.ByteString                ( ByteString )
-import           Data.List                      ( nub )
-import           Data.Foldable
 import           Data.String
 import           Data.Text                      ( Text )
 import           Data.Versions
@@ -35,15 +32,6 @@ import           Data.Word8
 import           Haskus.Utils.Types.List
 import           Haskus.Utils.Variant.Excepts
 import           System.IO.Error
-import           System.IO.Unsafe
-import           System.Directory
-import           System.FilePath
-
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-import           Control.Retry
-import           GHC.IO.Exception
-#endif
-
 import qualified Data.ByteString               as B
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy          as L
 import qualified Data.Strict.Maybe             as S
@@ -288,139 +276,3 @@ escapeVerRex = B.pack . go . B.unpack . verToBS
  go (x : xs) | x == _period = [_backslash, _period] ++ go xs
              | otherwise    = x : go xs

-- | More permissive version of 'createDirRecursive'. This doesn't
-- error when the destination is a symlink to a directory.
-createDirRecursive' :: FilePath -> IO ()
-createDirRecursive' p =
-  handleIO (\e -> if isAlreadyExistsError e then isSymlinkDir e else throwIO e)
-    . createDirectoryIfMissing True
-    $ p
-
- where
-  isSymlinkDir e = do
-    ft <- pathIsSymbolicLink p
-    case ft of
-      True -> do
-        rp <- canonicalizePath p
-        rft <- doesDirectoryExist rp
-        case rft of
-          True -> pure ()
-          _ -> throwIO e
-      _ -> throwIO e
-
-
-- | Recursively copy the contents of one directory to another path.
--
-- This is a rip-off of Cabal library.
-copyDirectoryRecursive :: FilePath -> FilePath -> IO ()
-copyDirectoryRecursive srcDir destDir = do
-  srcFiles <- getDirectoryContentsRecursive srcDir
-  copyFilesWith copyFile destDir [ (srcDir, f)
-                                   | f <- srcFiles ]
-  where
-    -- | Common implementation of 'copyFiles', 'installOrdinaryFiles',
-    -- 'installExecutableFiles' and 'installMaybeExecutableFiles'.
-    copyFilesWith :: (FilePath -> FilePath -> IO ())
-                  -> FilePath -> [(FilePath, FilePath)] -> IO ()
-    copyFilesWith doCopy targetDir srcFiles = do
-
-      -- Create parent directories for everything
-      let dirs = map (targetDir </>) . nub . map (takeDirectory . snd) $ srcFiles
-      traverse_ (createDirectoryIfMissing True) dirs
-
-      -- Copy all the files
-      sequence_ [ let src  = srcBase   </> srcFile
-                      dest = targetDir </> srcFile
-                   in doCopy src dest
-                | (srcBase, srcFile) <- srcFiles ]
-
-    -- | List all the files in a directory and all subdirectories.
-    --
-    -- The order places files in sub-directories after all the files in their
-    -- parent directories. The list is generated lazily so is not well defined if
-    -- the source directory structure changes before the list is used.
-    --
-    getDirectoryContentsRecursive :: FilePath -> IO [FilePath]
-    getDirectoryContentsRecursive topdir = recurseDirectories [""]
-      where
-        recurseDirectories :: [FilePath] -> IO [FilePath]
-        recurseDirectories []         = return []
-        recurseDirectories (dir:dirs) = unsafeInterleaveIO $ do
-          (files, dirs') <- collect [] [] =<< getDirectoryContents (topdir </> dir)
-          files' <- recurseDirectories (dirs' ++ dirs)
-          return (files ++ files')
-
-          where
-            collect files dirs' []              = return (reverse files
-                                                         ,reverse dirs')
-            collect files dirs' (entry:entries) | ignore entry
-                                                = collect files dirs' entries
-            collect files dirs' (entry:entries) = do
-              let dirEntry = dir </> entry
-              isDirectory <- doesDirectoryExist (topdir </> dirEntry)
-              if isDirectory
-                then collect files (dirEntry:dirs') entries
-                else collect (dirEntry:files) dirs' entries
-
-            ignore ['.']      = True
-            ignore ['.', '.'] = True
-            ignore _          = False
-
-- https://github.com/haskell/directory/issues/110
-- https://github.com/haskell/directory/issues/96
-- https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/89f1848d7f
-rmPath :: (MonadIO m, MonadMask m)
-      => FilePath
-      -> m ()
-rmPath fp =
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  recovering (fullJitterBackoff 25000 <> limitRetries 10)
-    [\_ -> Handler (\e -> pure $ isPermissionError e)
-    ,\_ -> Handler (\e -> pure (ioeGetErrorType e == UnsatisfiedConstraints))
-    ,\_ -> Handler (\e -> pure (ioeGetErrorType e == InappropriateType))
-    ]
-    (\_ -> liftIO $ removePathForcibly fp)
-#else
-  liftIO $ removeDirectoryRecursive fp
-#endif
-
-
-- https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/89f1848d7f
-- https://github.com/haskell/directory/issues/96
-rmFile :: (MonadIO m, MonadMask m)
-      => FilePath
-      -> m ()
-rmFile fp =
-#if defined(IS_WINDOWS)
-  recovering (fullJitterBackoff 25000 <> limitRetries 10)
-    [\_ -> Handler (\e -> pure $ isPermissionError e)
-    ,\_ -> Handler (\e -> pure (ioeGetErrorType e == UnsatisfiedConstraints))
-    ]
-    (\_ -> liftIO $ removeFile fp)
-#else
-  liftIO $ removeFile fp
-#endif
-
-
-- Gathering monoidal values
-traverseFold :: (Foldable t, Applicative m, Monoid b) => (a -> m b) -> t a -> m b
-traverseFold f = foldl (\mb a -> (<>) <$> mb <*> f a) (pure mempty)
-
-- | Gathering monoidal values
-forFold :: (Foldable t, Applicative m, Monoid b) => t a -> (a -> m b) -> m b
-forFold = \t -> (`traverseFold` t)
-
-
-- | Strip @\\r@ and @\\n@ from 'ByteString's
-stripNewline :: String -> String
-stripNewline s
-  | null s               = []
-  | head s `elem` "\n\r" = stripNewline (tail s)
-  | otherwise            = head s : stripNewline (tail s)
-
-
-isNewLine :: Word8 -> Bool
-isNewLine w
-  | w == _lf = True
-  | w == _cr = True
-  | otherwise = False
--- a/lib/GHCup/Version.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Version.hs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import qualified Data.Text                     as T

 -- | This reflects the API version of the YAML.
 ghcupURL :: URI
-ghcupURL = [uri|https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/data/ghcup-0.0.5.yaml|]
+ghcupURL = [uri|https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/data/ghcup-0.0.4.yaml|]

 -- | The current ghcup version.
 ghcUpVer :: PVP
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ extra-deps:
  - streamly-posix-0.1.0.1@sha256:5d89b806281035d34020387ed99dde1ddab282c7ed66df3b7cd010b38fd3517b,2138
  - strict-base-0.4.0.0@sha256:2ff4e43cb95eedf2995558d7fc34d19362846413dd39e6aa6a5b3ea8228fef9f,1248
  - xor-0.0.1.0@sha256:f8362b4a68562b9afbcd727ff64c1a303970df3a032e0033d2f4c094c3501df3,2243
-  - zip-1.7.1@sha256:0ce03d0fbffba47c1ab6fbb9166f8ba5373d828d78587df21b7e9d7bb150f929,3918

 flags:
  http-io-streams:
--- a/test/GHCup/ArbitraryTypes.hs
+++ b/test/GHCup/ArbitraryTypes.hs
@@ -171,10 +171,6 @@ instance Arbitrary Tool where
  arbitrary = genericArbitrary
  shrink    = genericShrink

-instance Arbitrary GlobalTool where
-  arbitrary = genericArbitrary
-  shrink    = genericShrink
-
 instance Arbitrary GHCupInfo where
  arbitrary = genericArbitrary
  shrink    = genericShrink
--- a/www/index.html
+++ b/www/index.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
      </a>

      <p id="pitch">
-        <em>ghcup</em> is the main installer for<br/>
+        <em>ghcup</em> is an installer for<br/>
        the general purpose language <a href="https://www.haskell.org/">Haskell</a>
      </p>

@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@
        <p>
          To install Haskell, follow the instructions on
          <a class="windows-download" href="https://www.haskell.org/platform/#windows">Haskell Platform</a>
-		<p>If you're a Windows Subsystem 2 for Linux user run the following in your terminal, then follow the onscreen instructions to install Haskell.
+		<p>If you're a Windows Subsystem for Linux user run the following in your terminal, then follow the onscreen instructions to install Haskell.
 		</p>
 		<div class="command-button"><pre><span class='ghcup-command'>curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh</span></pre><button class="tooltip" onclick="copyToClipboard()"><img src="copy.svg" alt="" /><span class="tooltiptext">Copy to clipboard</span></button></div>
        </p>
-		<p class="other-help">WSL1 does not work with ghcup, follow  <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10">the instructions here</a> to upgrade to WSL2 if needed.</br>You appear to be running Windows 32-bit. If not, <a class="default-platform-button" href="#">display all supported installers</a>.</p>
+        <p class="other-help">You appear to be running Windows 32-bit. If not, <a class="default-platform-button" href="#">display all supported installers</a>.</p>
      </div>

      <div id="platform-instructions-win64" class="instructions" style="display: none;">
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
          To install Haskell, follow the instructions on
          <a class="windows-download" href="https://www.haskell.org/platform/#windows">Haskell Platform</a>
        </p>
-		<p>If you're a Windows Subsystem 2 for Linux user run the following in your terminal, then follow the onscreen instructions to install Haskell.
+		<p>If you're a Windows Subsystem for Linux user run the following in your terminal, then follow the onscreen instructions to install Haskell.
 		</p>
 		<div class="command-button"><pre><span class='ghcup-command'>curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh</span></pre><button class="tooltip" onclick="copyToClipboard()"><img src="copy.svg" alt="" /><span class="tooltiptext">Copy to clipboard</span></button></div>
-		<p class="other-help">WSL1 does not work with ghcup, follow  <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10">the instructions here</a> to upgrade to WSL2 if needed.</br>You appear to be running Windows 64-bit. If not, <a class="default-platform-button" href="#">display all supported installers</a>.</p>
+        <p class="other-help">You appear to be running Windows 64-bit. If not, <a class="default-platform-button" href="#">display all supported installers</a>.</p>
      </div>

      <div id="platform-instructions-unknown" class="instructions" style="display: none;">
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@

        <!-- duplicate the default cross-platform instructions -->
        <div>
-          <p>If you are running Linux, macOS, FreeBSD or Windows Subsystem 2 for Linux, run the following in your terminal (as a user other than root), then follow the onscreen instructions.</p>
+          <p>If you are running Linux, macOS, FreeBSD or Windows Subsystem for Linux, run the following in your terminal (as a user other than root), then follow the onscreen instructions.</p>
 		  <div class="command-button"><pre><span class='ghcup-command'>curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh</span></pre><button class="tooltip" onclick="copyToClipboard()"><img src="copy.svg" alt="" /><span class="tooltiptext">Copy to clipboard</span></button></div>
          <p class="other-help">If you don't like curl | sh, see <a href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs#manual-install">other installation methods</a>.</p>
        </div>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@

      <div id="platform-instructions-default" class="instructions">
        <div>
-          <p>To install Haskell, if you are running Linux, macOS (on Intel), FreeBSD or Windows Subsystem 2 for Linux, run the following
+          <p>To install Haskell, if you are running Linux, macOS (on Intel), FreeBSD or Windows Subsystem for Linux, run the following
          in your terminal (as a user other than root), then follow the onscreen instructions.</p>
 		  <div class="command-button"><pre><span class='ghcup-command'>curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh</span></pre><button class="tooltip" onclick="copyToClipboard()"><img src="copy.svg" alt="" /><span class="tooltiptext">Copy to clipboard</span></button></div>
          <p>For macOS on Apple Silicon, run this instead:</p>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
      </div>

      <p>
-        Need help? Ask on <a href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/#haskell-ghcup">#haskell-ghcup</a>, <a href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/#haskell">#haskell</a> or <a href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues">report a bug</a>.
+        Need help? <a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=%23haskell&uio=d4">Ask on #haskell</a> or <a href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues">report a bug</a>.
      </p>

      <p id="about">
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@

    <noscript>
      <p id="pitch">
-        <em>ghcup</em> is the main installer for<br/>
+        <em>ghcup</em> is an installer for<br/>
        the general purpose language <a href="https://www.haskell.org/">Haskell</a>
      </p>

      <div id="platform-instructions-default" class="instructions">
        <div>
-          <p>To install Haskell, if you are running Linux, macOS (on Intel), FreeBSD or Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, run the following
+          <p>To install Haskell, if you are running Linux, macOS (on Intel), FreeBSD or Windows Subsystem for Linux, run the following
          in your terminal (as a user other than root), then follow the onscreen instructions.</p>
 		  <pre><span class='ghcup-command'>curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://get-ghcup.haskell.org | sh</span></pre>
          <p>For macOS on Apple Silicon, run this instead:</p>
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
      </div>

      <p>
-        Need help? Ask on <a href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/#haskell-ghcup">#haskell-ghcup</a>, <a href="https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/irc.libera.chat/#haskell">#haskell</a> or <a href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues">report a bug</a>.
+        Need help? <a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&amp;channels=%23haskell&amp;uio=d4">Ask on #haskell</a>.
      </p>

      <p id="about">