#9873: Use CONF_GCC_LINKER_OPTS_STAGE2 only in stage2 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: nomeata | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build | Version: 7.9 System | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: | Difficulty: Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Blocked By: Type of failure: | Related Tickets: None/Unknown | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by nomeata): Did you also apply the patch that actually makes it use `gold`? {{{ Index: ghc-7.8.3.20141119/aclocal.m4 =================================================================== --- ghc-7.8.3.20141119.orig/aclocal.m4 2014-12-08 18:49:28.207171714+0100 +++ ghc-7.8.3.20141119/aclocal.m4 2014-12-08 19:03:06.815522917+0100 @@ -553,6 +553,10 @@ $3="$$3 -D_HPUX_SOURCE" $5="$$5 -D_HPUX_SOURCE" ;; + arm*) + # On arm, link using gold + $3="$$3 -fuse-ld=gold" + ;; esac # If gcc knows about the stack protector, turn it off. }}} And how does it fail? Did it run `dll-split` successfully? Might be a different issue. You should talk to gamari about it. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9873#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler