#14512: System-wide installed profile build cannot load libHSghc-prim.0.5.2.0.so -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: tdammers | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 8.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: x86_64 | Type of failure: Compile-time (amd64) | crash or panic Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Steps to reproduce: 1. Make a pristine git checkout 2. Follow the steps outlined in https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/QuickStart, uncommenting the `BuildFlavour = prof` line in `build.mk`, to build and install ghc. 3. Check ghc version to verify that this ghc build is the one in `/usr/local/bin` 4. Try to compile the following `hello.hs`: {{{#!hs {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-} import Language.Haskell.TH main = putStrLn $(litE (stringL "Hello")) }}} It should fail with an error message similar to: {{{ <no location info>: error: ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 8.3.20171120 for x86_64-unknown-linux): Dynamic linker not initialised CallStack (from -prof): Linker.CAF (<entire-module>) Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug }}} and: {{{ <no location info>: error: <command line>: can't load .so/.DLL for: libHSghc-prim-0.5.2.0.so (libHSghc-prim-0.5.2.0.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory) }}} By contrast, the following do *not* trigger the error: - Building GHC without uncommenting the `BuildFlavour` line in `build.mk` - Compiling with the `inplace/bin/ghc-stage2` in the GHC source tree - Compiling a `hello.hs` that does not use TemplateHaskell Further system info: - Debian 9 - Cabal version 1.24 - GHC 8.0.1 -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14512 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler