#9983: configure script invokes ghc with LDFLAGS during cross-builds -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: newsham | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build | Version: 7.8.4 System | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Keywords: | Type of failure: Building GHC Architecture: | failed Unknown/Multiple | Blocked By: Test Case: | Related Tickets: Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- When building ghc, the aclocal.m4 settings direct "configure" to use the provided LDFLAGS as GHC_LDFLAGS, which are later used to invoke the host's GHC: https://github.com/ghc/ghc/blob/ghc-7.8/aclocal.m4#L1820 This is undesirable when performing a cross-build, in which case the LDFLAGS are used to specify the flags for use when linking for the target and not when linking on the build host. rwbarton@freenode believes that the normal CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS, etc. should never have an affect on the build host behavior. Either this policy needs to be enforced or a separate set of flags needs to be introduced to allow setting the target flags separately from the build host flags. To reproduce, "./configure LDFLAGS=bogus" and observe the failure in ghc- pwd, which is used on the build host. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9983 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler