#8596: windows link failure due to excessively long gcc commad line "Unable to start C:\Program Files\Haskell + Platform\2013.2.0.0\mingw\bin/realgcc.exe (error code: 87)" ----------------------------+--------------------------------- Reporter: joeyhess | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Windows Architecture: x86 | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ----------------------------+--------------------------------- I have a program (git-annex) which builds successfully on windows, but when I enable any of three optional features which pull in some additional libraries, it fails to link. I will attach the output of cabal build --ghc-options=-v for a failing and a successful build. I hypothesize this is due to a command line length limit. The final failing gcc link command is 43814 characters, vs 30765 in the configuration that succeeds. Right around the 32k boundry. Not sure what I can do to work around this, short of splitting up my program into standalone libraries which will link without referencing every individual module? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8596 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler