#13845: Runtime linker too eagerly checks for symbol names -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: RyanGlScott | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Runtime | Version: 8.0.1 System (Linker) | 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: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I discovered this bug in https://github.com/haskell- foundation/foundation/issues/326. Take this file: {{{#!hs module Main (main) where foreign import ccall "notAThing" notAThing :: IO () main :: IO () main = putStrLn "Hello, World!" }}} Compiling and running this file works without issue. But if you try to use the runtime linker, things go haywire: {{{ $ C:\Users\RyanGlScott\Software\ghc\inplace\bin\runghc Bug.hs ghc-stage2.exe: ^^ Could not load 'notAThing', dependency unresolved. See top entry above. Bug.hs: ByteCodeLink: can't find label During interactive linking, GHCi couldn't find the following symbol: notAThing This may be due to you not asking GHCi to load extra object files, archives or DLLs needed by your current session. Restart GHCi, specifying the missing library using the -L/path/to/object/dir and -lmissinglibname flags, or simply by naming the relevant files on the GHCi command line. Alternatively, this link failure might indicate a bug in GHCi. If you suspect the latter, please send a bug report to: glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org }}} This isn't just limited to Windows, since the same thing happens on Linux. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13845 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler