#11373: GHC should support static archive creation on all systems -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.11 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Currently, we have in `DriverPipeline.hs`: {{{ linkStaticLibCheck :: DynFlags -> [String] -> [UnitId] -> IO () linkStaticLibCheck dflags o_files dep_packages = do when (platformOS (targetPlatform dflags) `notElem` [OSiOS, OSDarwin]) $ throwGhcExceptionIO (ProgramError "Static archive creation only supported on Darwin/OS X/iOS") linkBinary' True dflags o_files dep_packages }}} Seems a bit odd/awful for this to only work on OS X. Either we should support none of it (not GHC's job) or all of it. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11373 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler