#15837: Hadrian should build dynamically linked ghc binary -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: davide | Owner: davide Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 8.6.1 (Hadrian) | Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D5385 Wiki Page: | Phab:D5327 Phab:D5423 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Ben Gamari <ben@…>): In [changeset:"4efafe7e5288532b385bbfe3cd684ddcda0f3b0a/ghc" 4efafe7e/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="4efafe7e5288532b385bbfe3cd684ddcda0f3b0a" Revert dynamically linking ghc. Building a dynamically linked ghc is broken do to incorrectly building and installing libffi. This disables building a dynamically linked ghc and ghc-iserv-dyn while keeping most of the code in the relevant commits: 79d5427e1 and 89fa34ecd Test Plan: Ensure build environment does NOT have a system libffi installed (you may want to use a nix environment). Then `hadrian/build.sh -c --flavour=default`. Reviewers: bgamari, alpmestan Reviewed By: alpmestan Subscribers: rwbarton, carter GHC Trac Issues: #15837 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D5430 }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15837#comment:21> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler