#9010: TemplateHaskell leads to an "unknown symbol" error ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Feuerbach | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Code: {{{ {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-} module M where import System.Console.Editline import Data.Lens.Template data S = S { _a :: EditLine } makeLens ''S }}} When compiled with `ghc link.hs`, everything is fine; {{{ [1 of 1] Compiling M ( link.hs, link.o ) Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Loading package array-0.4.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package deepseq-1.3.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package containers-0.5.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package bytestring-0.10.0.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package tagged-0.7.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package transformers-0.3.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package transformers-compat-0.1.1.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package contravariant-0.4.4 ... linking ... done. Loading package distributive-0.4.3.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package mtl-2.1.3.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package text-1.1.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package hashable-1.2.1.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package nats-0.1.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package unordered-containers-0.2.3.3 ... linking ... done. Loading package semigroups-0.12.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package comonad-4.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package semigroupoids-4.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package data-lens-2.10.4 ... linking ... done. Loading package pretty-1.1.1.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package template-haskell ... linking ... done. Loading package data-lens-template-2.1.8 ... linking ... done. }}} However, when compiling with `ghc -package-id editline-0.2.1.1-ef91ae78e7ea1b9142c2fb0b84e85c11 link.hs`, I get {{{ [1 of 1] Compiling M ( link.hs, link.o ) Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Loading package editline-0.2.1.1 ... linking ... ghc: /home/feuerbach/work /.cabal-sandbox/lib/i386-linux- ghc-7.6.3/editline-0.2.1.1/HSeditline-0.2.1.1.o: unknown symbol `el_reset' ghc: unable to load package `editline-0.2.1.1' }}} This is a problem because that's how cabal invokes ghc. This looks similar to #4899, except there's nothing "non-standard" here (no profiling or dynamic linking). -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9010 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler