CI: GHC 9.8

.github/workflows/validate.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
  strategy:
  matrix:
  os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
- ghc: ["9.6.3", "9.4.7", "9.2.8", "9.0.2", "8.10.7", "8.8.4", "8.6.5", "8.4.4"]
+ ghc: ["9.8.1", "9.6.3", "9.4.7", "9.2.8", "9.0.2", "8.10.7", "8.8.4", "8.6.5", "8.4.4"]
  exclude:
  # corrupts GHA cache or the fabric of reality itself, see https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/8356
  - os: "windows-latest"
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ jobs:
 
  - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+ - uses: haskell-actions/setup@v2
+ id: setup-haskell
+ with:
+ ghc-version: ${{ matrix.ghc }}
+ cabal-version: '3.10.1.0'
+
  # See the following link for a breakdown of the following step
  # https://github.com/haskell/actions/issues/7#issuecomment-745697160
  - uses: actions/cache@v3
@@ -73,12 +79,6 @@ jobs:
  key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.ghc }}-${{ github.sha }}
  restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.ghc }}-
 
- - uses: haskell/actions/setup@v2
- id: setup-haskell
- with:
- ghc-version: ${{ matrix.ghc }}
- cabal-version: '3.10.1.0'
-
  - name: Work around git problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/+bug/1993586 (cabal PR #8546)
  run: |
  git config --global protocol.file.allow always
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ jobs:
  fi
  echo "FLAGS=$FLAGS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
- - name: Allow newer dependencies when built with latest GHC
- if: ${{ matrix.ghc }} == '9.6.3'
- run: |
- echo "allow-newer: rere:base, rere:transformers" >> cabal.project.validate
-
  - name: Validate print-config
  run: sh validate.sh $FLAGS -s print-config