Skip clash-ffi for now in GHC 9.8.3+

Until https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/12264#note_602406
is fixed.

.ci/build.sh

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ TESTS="
 clash-cores:doctests
 clash-cores:unittests
 clash-cosim:test
-clash-ffi:ffi-interface-tests
 clash-lib:doctests
 clash-lib:unittests
 clash-prelude:doctests
@@ -42,3 +41,12 @@ mkdir bin
 for TEST in $TESTS; do
   ln -s "$(realpath --relative-to=bin "$(cabal list-bin $TEST)")" bin/$TEST
 done
+
+# TODO: remove this and put it back into tests when
+# https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/12264#note_602406
+# is fixed
+set +u
+if [[ "$SKIP_CLASH_FFI_EXAMPLE" != "yes" ]]; then
+  ln -s "$(realpath --relative-to=bin "$(cabal list-bin clash-ffi:ffi-interface-tests)")" bin/clash-ffi:ffi-interface-tests
+fi
+set -u

.ci/gitlab/test.yml

@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ lib:unittests:
 
 ffi:interface-tests:
   extends: .test-nocache
+  # TODO: remove this when https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/12264#note_602406
+  # is fixed
+  rules:
+    - if: $SKIP_CLASH_FFI_EXAMPLE != "yes"
   script:
     - bin/clash-ffi:ffi-interface-tests --smallcheck-max-count 2000
 
@@ -172,6 +176,10 @@ ffi:example:
   extends:
     - .common-local
     - .nightly-rules
+  # TODO: remove this when https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/12264#note_602406
+  # is fixed
+  rules:
+    - if: $SKIP_CLASH_FFI_EXAMPLE != "yes"
   stage: test
   needs: []
   before_script:

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ tests:
         RUN_TESTS: "always"
 
       - GHC_VERSION: 9.8.4
+        # TODO: remove this when https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/12264#note_602406
+        # is fixed
+        SKIP_CLASH_FFI_EXAMPLE: "yes"
         RUN_TESTS: "always"
 
       - GHC_VERSION: 9.6.6

clash-ffi/clash-ffi.cabal

@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ library
     Clash.FFI.VPI.Port
     Clash.FFI.VPI.Port.Direction
     Clash.FFI.VPI.Reg
+  -- TODO: remove this once https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/12264#note_602406
+  -- is fixed
+  if impl(ghc < 9.8.3) || impl(ghc == 9.10.1)
+    buildable: true
+  else
+    buildable: false
 
 executable ffi-interface-tests
   import: common-options
@@ -107,3 +113,9 @@ executable ffi-interface-tests
     , tasty
     , tasty-hunit
     , tasty-smallcheck
+  -- TODO: remove this once https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/12264#note_602406
+  -- is fixed
+  if impl(ghc < 9.8.3) || impl(ghc == 9.10.1)
+    buildable: true
+  else
+    buildable: false