#14444: Linker limit on OS X Sierra breaks builds for big projects -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: dredozubov | Owner: angerman Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.2.1 (Linking) | Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: MacOS X | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by aosivitz): Hm, so- as I understand it. We create a single libghc_XX.dylib for use by TH, which in turn references each of its dependencies and loads them with 'load commands' (of which there is a hard total size limit on MacOS). What's the reason we take this step instead of just loading each dependency directly? Is that also for performance? If so, could we generate two of these libghc_XX.dylibs? Or 1 per every 50 dependencies? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14444#comment:14 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler