#11744: Latest Xcode update violates POSIX compliance of `nm -P` ----------------------------------------+--------------------------------- Reporter: hvr | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: Keywords: | Operating System: MacOS X Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: ----------------------------------------+--------------------------------- TLDR: Apple messed up again and broke POSIX compliance luite ran into problems when he installed the latest Xcode update because the derived platform constants were off. He provided me the output of `nm -P ./includes/dist- derivedconstants/header/tmp.o` which turned out have numbers which didn't make sense: {{{ _derivedConstantAP_STACK_SPLIM C 1025 0 _derivedConstantBITMAP_BITS_SHIFT C 7 0 _derivedConstantBLOCKS_PER_MBLOCK C 253 0 _derivedConstantBLOCK_SIZE C 4097 0 _derivedConstantCINT_SIZE C 5 0 _derivedConstantCLONG_LONG_SIZE C 9 0 _derivedConstantCLONG_SIZE C 9 0 _derivedConstantDOUBLE_SIZE C 9 0 _derivedConstantDYNAMIC_BY_DEFAULT C 2 0 ... }}} Which with an older Xcode version would have looked like {{{ _derivedConstantAP_STACK_SPLIM C 401 0 _derivedConstantBITMAP_BITS_SHIFT C 7 0 _derivedConstantBLOCKS_PER_MBLOCK C fd 0 _derivedConstantBLOCK_SIZE C 1001 0 _derivedConstantCINT_SIZE C 5 0 _derivedConstantCLONG_LONG_SIZE C 9 0 _derivedConstantCLONG_SIZE C 9 0 _derivedConstantDOUBLE_SIZE C 9 0 _derivedConstantDYNAMIC_BY_DEFAULT C 2 0 ... }}} So obviously `nm -P`'s output changed from hexadecimal to (non-compliant) decimal formatting of numbers. For reference, here's how POSIX specifies the semantics of `nm`: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/nm.html
`-P` Write information in a portable output format, as specified in the STDOUT section.
...
If the `-P` option is specified, the previous information shall be displayed using the following portable format. The three versions differ depending on whether `-t d`, `-t o`, or `-t x` was specified, respectively:
{{{"%s%s %s %d %d\n",
, <name>, <type>, <value>, <size>}}} {{{"%s%s %s %o %o\n",
, <name>, <type>, <value>, <size>}}} {{{"%s%s %s %x %x\n",
, <name>, <type>, <value>, <size>}}}
In the event that Apple can't be bothered to fix this bug (I've had bad experience with Apple and standard-compliance in the past, hence my pessimism) we could try to workaround by using `nm -P -t x` when building on OSX... -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11744 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler