Isn't this a Cabal bug, not a GHC bug? We don't expect GHC to automatically add rpath entries for C libraries it is told to link against, do we? I am not sure anymore that this is actually a bug. If an executable is
#10492: rpath & shared libraries in ghc 7.10.1 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: artella.coding | Owner: trommler Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.2 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: Type of failure: Runtime crash | Unknown/Multiple Blocked By: | Test Case: Related Tickets: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by trommler): Replying to [comment:2 rwbarton]: linked against a shared object that is not found in a standard location the user needs to provide the extra RPATH (or RUNPATH) or set LD_LIBRARY_PATH accordingly. So what I said in comment:1 is not a workaround but the actual fix. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10492#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler