Re: [GHC] #11788: Enable Thin Library support for the Runtime linker on Windows.

#11788: Enable Thin Library support for the Runtime linker on Windows. -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Phyx- | Owner: Phyx- Type: feature request | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Runtime System | Version: 7.10.3 (Linker) | Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Windows | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: T11788 Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D2323 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Tamar Christina ): In [changeset:"5cee88d766723929f789ffcd2ef24d8b5ef62a16/ghc" 5cee88d7/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="5cee88d766723929f789ffcd2ef24d8b5ef62a16" Add thin library support to Windows too Summary: Code already existed in the RTS to add thin library support for non- Windows operating systems. This adds it to Windows as well. ar thin libraries have the exact same format as normal archives except they have a different magic string and they don't copy the object files into the archive. Instead each header entry points to the location of the object file on disk. This is useful when a library is only created to satisfy a compile time dependency instead of to be distributed. This saves the time required for copying. Test Plan: ./validate and new test T11788 Reviewers: austin, bgamari, simonmar, erikd Reviewed By: bgamari, simonmar Subscribers: thomie, #ghc_windows_task_force Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D2323 GHC Trac Issues: #11788 }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11788#comment:5 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler