server: remove ghc libs from freeze file, update guides

PR-URL: https://github.com/hasura/graphql-engine-mono/pull/6231
GitOrigin-RevId: d877e46d7130217cd95eb9c507921e76a0009151

cabal.project.freeze

@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ constraints: any.Cabal ==3.6.3.0,
              any.formatting ==7.1.3,
              any.free ==5.1.7,
              any.generics-sop ==0.5.1.2,
-             any.ghc ==9.2.4.20220919,
+             any.ghc ==9.2.*,
              any.ghc-bignum ==1.2,
-             any.ghc-boot ==9.2.4.20220919,
-             any.ghc-boot-th ==9.2.4.20220919,
-             any.ghc-heap ==9.2.4.20220919,
+             any.ghc-boot ==9.2.*,
+             any.ghc-boot-th ==9.2.*,
+             any.ghc-heap ==9.2.*,
              any.ghc-heap-view ==0.6.3,
              any.ghc-prim ==0.8.0,
-             any.ghci ==9.2.4.20220919,
+             any.ghci ==9.2.*,
              any.graphql-parser ==0.2.0.0,
              any.happy ==1.20.0,
              any.hashable ==1.3.5.0,

server/COMPILING-ON-MACOS.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# Compile a graphql-engine executable using brew and ghc-8.10.7
+# Compile a graphql-engine executable using brew and ghc-9.2.4
 
 *Note: These instructions use the path `/opt/homebrew` in various places, but this path may be different on your machine depending on where you have installed homebrew (for example, many older homebrew installation were installed to `/usr/local`). You can find out the path of your homebrew installation by running the command `brew --prefix`, and if the output is not `/opt/homebrew`, then you should replace any instances of `/opt/homebrew` in these instructions with the path output by `brew --prefix`.*
 
-1.  Install ghc-8.10.7 and cabal-install via [ghcup](https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/)
+1.  Install ghc-9.2.4 and cabal-install via [ghcup](https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/).
 
 2.  Install dependencies:
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     brew install microsoft/mssql-release/mssql-tools
     brew install direnv
     brew install coreutils
+    brew install pcre
     ```
 
      And add them to your environment:
@@ -103,10 +104,10 @@
      (Copying and pasting allows you to add local projects overrides, which may be needed if you are are planning to make changes to the graphql-engine code, but is not required for simply compiling the code as-is).
 
 6. Write the version number of the graphql-server that you are intending to build to the file `server/CURRENT_VERSION`.
-    For example if you are building `v2.6.1` then you can run the following command:
+    For example if you are building `v2.13.0` then you can run the following command:
 
     ```sh
-    echo '2.6.1' > server/CURRENT_VERSION
+    echo '2.13.0' > server/CURRENT_VERSION
     ```
 
     This version number is used for the output of `graphql-engine --version` in your compiled binary, and it also used when fetching the frontend assets for the console from the CDN when running the server (if you do not specify `--console-assets-dir` to make it load from a locally compiled version).
@@ -114,6 +115,6 @@
 7.  Building the server should now work:
 
     ```sh
-    cabal v2-update
-    cabal v2-build exe:graphql-engine -j4
+    cabal update
+    cabal build exe:graphql-engine -j4
     ```

server/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ own machine and how to contribute.
 
 ## Pre-requisites
 
-- [GHC](https://www.haskell.org/ghc/) 8.10.7 and [cabal-install](https://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
+- [GHC](https://www.haskell.org/ghc/) 9.2.4 and [cabal-install](https://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
   - There are various ways these can be installed, but [ghcup](https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/) is a good choice if you’re not sure.
 - There are few system packages required like `libpq-dev`, `libssl-dev`, etc. The best place to get the entire list is from the packager [Dockerfile](../.buildkite/dockerfiles/ci-builders/server-builder.dockerfile)
 - Additional Haskell tools (expected versions can be found in _VERSIONS.json_):

server/lib/api-tests/README.md

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ An example session:
 
 ```
 $ cabal repl api-tests
-GHCi, version 8.10.7: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
+GHCi, version 9.2.4: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
 [ 1 of 59] Compiling Harness.Constants ( lib/api-tests/Harness/Constants.hs, interpreted )
 ...
 [59 of 59] Compiling Main             ( lib/api-tests/Spec.hs, interpreted )
@@ -289,19 +289,7 @@ or M2.
 
 We have a few problems with Microsoft SQL Server on Apple aarch64:
 
-1.  Due to compiler bugs in GHC 8.10.7, we need to use patched Haskell ODBC
-    bindings as a workaround for aarch64 systems.
-
-    Add the following to `cabal.project.local`:
-
-    ```
-    source-repository-package
-      type: git
-      location: https://github.com/soupi/odbc.git
-      tag: a6acf6b4eca31022babbf8045f31a0f7f26c5923
-    ```
-
-2.  Microsoft has not yet released SQL Server for aarch64. We need to use Azure
+1.  Microsoft has not yet released SQL Server for aarch64. We need to use Azure
     SQL Edge instead.
 
     You don't need to do anything if you're using the `make` commands; they
@@ -316,7 +304,7 @@ We have a few problems with Microsoft SQL Server on Apple aarch64:
 
     You can add this to your _.envrc.local_ file if you like.
 
-3.  Azure SQL Edge for aarch64 does not ship with the `sqlcmd` utility with
+2.  Azure SQL Edge for aarch64 does not ship with the `sqlcmd` utility with
     which we use to setup the SQL Server schema.
 
     If you need it, you can instead use the `mssql-tools` Docker image, for