#9614: ghc --print-(gcc|ld)-linker-flags broken -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: rwbarton | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.12.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: 9421 Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by bgamari): Indeed this is a bit unfortunate that this has stood for so long otherwise I would suggest we simply revert the change. As it stands though it seems we have a few compiler releases in the wild with this change so it is more-or-less here to stay. If understand the problem, it seems like the best solution here is to teach Cabal to use `--print-*-flags` ASAP. If this fails, then fall back to looking at `--info`, first with the new field names, and finally the old. It's unfortunate that querying these flags has to be so involved, but that seems to be how things have developed. The other option would be to expose the output as `--info` as a stable interface (which arguably it should be). If we are going to do this we should formally document the fields produced by `--info` so that issues like this don't arise unexpectedly in the future. This could either be as some text in the user guide or a proper type. Thoughts? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9614#comment:9 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler