#9280: GHCi crash: illegal text-relocation; relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol _ can not be used when making a shared object --------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: mietek | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 7.8.2 Resolution: | Keywords: crash, dynamic linking Operating System: | Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: Unknown Type of failure: GHCi crash | Blocked By: Test Case: | Related Tickets: Blocking: | --------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment (by mietek): As discussed on IRC with '''rwbarton''', it's questionable whether this is an issue besides "you're not supposed to do this". On one hand, GHCi claims it can load object files, and GHCi 7.6.3 does not crash when fed with an `.o` file produced by itself. On the other hand, feeding an `.o` file to GHCi 7.6.3 is not useful, as there is apparently no way to bring the functions declared in the corresponding `.hi` file into scope. I see two solutions — either adjust user expectations, or allow feeding GHCi explicitly with `.o`/`.hi` pairs, in the absence of an `.hs` file. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9280#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler