Replying to [comment:24 dobenour]:
I think we can deprecate it on other systems too, except (possibly) OS X (which I believe bundles Perl with the OS).
I think GHC on OS X doesn't even support `-split-objs`, rather it uses
#9832: Get rid of PERL dependency of `ghc-split` ---------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Reporter: hvr | Owner: Phyx- Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Driver | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: perl Operating System: Windows | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #8405 | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | ---------------------------------+---------------------------------------- Comment (by dobenour): Replying to [comment:26 olsner]: the builtin subsections and `-dead_strip` linker flag, so that wouldn't be a blocker.
It's just Windows support for split sections that we might want to wait
for before we start ripping stuff out. In that case, the Darwin support in the splitter is dead code. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9832#comment:29 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler