Re: [GHC] #9875: ld -l:filename.dylib does not appear to be portable

29 Dec 2014

      #9875: ld -l:filename.dylib does not appear to be portable
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        Reporter:  ezyang      |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug         |                  Status:  patch
        Priority:  high        |               Milestone:  7.10.1
       Component:  GHCi        |                 Version:  7.9
      Resolution:              |                Keywords:
Operating System:  MacOS X     |            Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  GHCi crash  |               Test Case:  T2276_ghci
      Blocked By:              |                Blocking:  9845
 Related Tickets:              |  Differential Revisions:  Phab:D579
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Comment (by Edward Z. Yang ):

 In [changeset:"b32c22760687a6a1a2e88fdba8de32f6951b5029/ghc"]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="b32c22760687a6a1a2e88fdba8de32f6951b5029"
 Fix system linker on Mac OS X

 Summary:
 Flag `-l:` is GNU ld specific and not supported by the
 Mac OS X link editor. So we create a temporary file name
 lib<tmpname>. and link with the standard -l<tmpname>
 option on Linux and OS X.

 Fixes #9875

 Test Plan: validate on Mac OS X

 Reviewers: austin, hvr, ezyang

 Reviewed By: ezyang

 Subscribers: carter, thomie, ezyang

 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D579

 GHC Trac Issues: #9875
 }}}

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