GHCJS boot on Arch Linux in Docker for stack issue #1496

arch-ghcjs-boot.dockerfile

FROM base/archlinux

# necessary installations

RUN pacman -Sy --noconfirm archlinux-keyring
RUN pacman -Su --noconfirm
RUN pacman-db-upgrade
RUN pacman -S --noconfirm autoconf gcc make nodejs alex happy git sudo binutils fakeroot

# libtinfo from AUR
RUN git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libtinfo.git && chmod a+rw libtinfo && cd libtinfo && sudo -u nobody makepkg -s && pacman -U --noconfirm libtinfo-*

# get stack
RUN curl -L https://www.stackage.org/stack/linux-x86_64 | tar xz --wildcards --strip-components=1 -C /usr/bin '*/stack'

# following installations doesn't require root
RUN useradd -m rrr
USER rrr
WORKDIR /home/rrr

# install ghcjs
COPY ghcjs-setup.yaml ghcjs-setup.yaml
RUN stack setup --stack-yaml ghcjs-setup.yaml

ghcjs-setup.yaml

resolver: lts-3.19
compiler: ghcjs-0.2.0.20151029_ghc-7.10.2
compiler-check: match-exact
setup-info:
  ghcjs:
    source:
      ghcjs-0.2.0.20151029_ghc-7.10.2:
        url: "https://github.com/nrolland/ghcjs/releases/download/v0.2.0.20151029/ghcjs-0.2.0.20151029.tar.gz"