#8420: Spurious dynamic library dependencies -----------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: AndreasVoellmy | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: MacOS X | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: -----------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by nomeata): I also noticed the problem; we’d like to generate our Debian package dependencies based on what files are linked, but currently that is an over-approximation. I.e. lots of stuff links to libgmp. I believe Ubuntu and OpenSUSE patch their build to use `-Wl,--as-needed`, but I refrained from it, to prevent unnecessary divergence. But I would very much welcome if GHC would build with `-as-needed`, preferably already in GHc-7.8 (as now we build `libHS*.so` files by default for all packages). -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8420#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler