#16304: Hadrian: refactor libffi and rts rules. -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: davide | Owner: (none) Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 8.6.3 (Hadrian) | 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: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The rts package depends on libffi. The hadrian rules around this are a bit hacky. The rts needs some specific header files, then the corresponding libffi rule takes on some unsolicited responsibilities, copying some important files into the rts directory. Also see mpickering's [https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/merge_requests/174#note_3288 comment] on this: This whole copying the header files into the rts dir seemed very dodgy to me. Why do we not depend on libffi when building the rts and then copy the files we need in the rules for building the rts? This is a hack implemented partly to get around the issue of not knowing the names of some libffi files until after building libffi. There surely is an idiomatic solution to this. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/16304 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler