#12740: generic Linux installer contains dynamically linked helpers failing to run on non glibc systems -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: gliptak | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 8.0.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: x86_64 | Type of failure: Installing GHC (amd64) | failed Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I downloaded http://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.0.1/ghc-8.0.1-x86_64-deb8-linux.tar.xz and running configure on Alpine Linux (musl based) failed. The immediate cause seems to be that ghc-* files are not linked statically. {{{ /tmp/ghc-8.0.1 # file utils/ghc-cabal/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-cabal utils/ghc-cabal/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-cabal: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=6359ffd9a860387d6f91c40dccceaddd493f7a54, not stripped /tmp/ghc-8.0.1 # file utils/ghc-pwd/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pwd utils/ghc-pwd/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pwd: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld- linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=9fcf1bc38db049d6bafc6e611c09b6700071bfbb, not stripped }}} Could static linkage be considered for these helpers allowing them to run on non-glibc setups? Thanks -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12740 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler