removing autoconf

.github/workflows/haskell.yml

@@ -6,33 +6,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ 'master' ]
 
-# env:
-#   autoconf_ver: 2.69
-
 jobs:
-  autoconf:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # container: ubuntu:22.10
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: install autoconf
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update -y -qq
-        sudo apt-get install -y -qq build-essential autoconf${{ env.autoconf_ver }}
-    - name: run autoreconf
-      run: |
-        autoreconf${{ env.autoconf_ver }} -fi
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: configure
-        path: |
-          configure
-          include/HsNetworkConfig.h.in
-
   sdist:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: autoconf
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -61,16 +37,12 @@ jobs:
 
   build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    needs: autoconf
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os:  [ 'ubuntu-latest', 'macOS-latest', 'windows-latest' ]
-        ghc: [ '8.10', '9.4', '9.6', '9.8' ]
-        # Dependency hsc2hs does not build on Windows with GHC < 8.4
-        # so we test 8.4 as lowest.
-        # See https://github.com/haskell/hsc2hs/issues/81
+        ghc: [ '9.4', '9.6', '9.8' ]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -135,20 +107,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cabal haddock --disable-documentation
 
-    # check windows can generate autoconf too
-    - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
-      if:   ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
-      with:
-        update: true
-        install: autoconf
-
-    - name: Autoreconf (Windows)
-      if:   ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
-      shell: msys2 {0}
-      run: |
-        rm configure include/HsNetworkConfig.h.in
-        autoreconf -i
-
     - name: Build (Windows)
       if:   ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
       run: |