#9825: ghc "panic! (the 'impossible' happened)" building vimus on NixOS -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: jzellner | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Runtime System | Version: 7.8.3 (Linker) | Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: x86 Type of failure: Compile-time | Test Case: crash | Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by ezyang): So, I have a theory. However, it doesn't explain why the shindig works on 64-bit Linux. `nm_getyx` is defined in a cbits of the package being compiled. However, Cabal builds cbits AFTER the compilation of the actual package. This means that there isn't actually any object file which defines the symbol being looked for, so of course it fails. See https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/1738 for an existing report. Less clear, is why it manages to compile with 64-bit Linux. (On Mac OS X, there's lazy symbol resolution, so as long as you didn't actually use the symbol it will link up.) -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9825#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler