More details on the failures:
ForSyde
Missing module Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax.Internals
happstack-server
UTCTime vs ClockTime mismatch
ghc-hledger-lib (hledger)
hledger-lib-0.19.3 built but hledger-0.19.3 still needs shakespeare-text!
cabal-dev
Fixed by patching Cabal and built cab too.
ltk (leksah-server,leksah)
I will try a snapshot from git with ghc-7.6 fixes.
also git-annex needs to be bumped but that needs some additional new
deps.
At least SafeSemaphore is needed (also uuid for current releases)