Build GHC with cabal-install and a Makefile

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: CI
+
+# Trigger the workflow on push or pull request, but only for the master branch
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+
+jobs:
+  cabal:
+    name: ${{ matrix.os }} / ghc ${{ matrix.ghc }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        ghc: ['9.8.4'] # bootstrapping compiler
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: "recursive"
+
+    - uses: haskell-actions/setup@v2
+      id: setup
+      name: Setup Haskell tools
+      with:
+        ghc-version: ${{ matrix.ghc }}
+        cabal-version: "latest"
+        cabal-update: true
+
+    - name: Configure the build
+      run: ./boot
+
+    - name: Build patched cabal
+      run: make cabal
+
+    - name: Build the bindist
+      run: make

.gitmodules

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 	ignore = untracked
 [submodule "libraries/Cabal"]
 	path = libraries/Cabal
-	url = https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/packages/Cabal.git
+	url = https://github.com/hsyl20/cabal
 	ignore = untracked
+	branch = hsyl20/per-file-extra-source-options
 [submodule "libraries/containers"]
 	path = libraries/containers
 	url = https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/packages/containers.git