#8376: Static Executable + GHC API (+ Dynamic Linking?) gives Segfault ----------------------------------+---------------------------------- Reporter: darchon | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: highest | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.7 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: MacOS X | Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) Type of failure: Runtime crash | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: ----------------------------------+---------------------------------- Comment (by darchon): Replying to [comment:6 simonmar]:
The problem is not in Haddock, it's the GHC API. GHC's linker is using dynamic linking even when the program using the GHC API is linked statically, because it is using the value of `DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS`, which is set when GHC is built. Indeed, I initially noticed the bug in my own program that uses the GHC API. I just reference `haddock` in the bug report as it is such a widely used tool.
If the problem is not fixed before the release of 7.8.1, perhaps it could at least be mentioned in the release notes that it is advised that executables (transitively) using the GHC API should be linked dynamically? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8376#comment:7 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler