#12218: Implement -fexternal-interpreter via static linking -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: simonmar | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.4.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by bgamari): * milestone: 8.2.1 => 8.4.1 @@ -3,1 +3,1 @@ - iconv binary, and use that as our external interpreter. + `iserv` binary, and use that as our external interpreter. New description: An interesting idea from @hvr. When using `-fexternal-interpreter`, we can statically link the required packages and object files into a new `iserv` binary, and use that as our external interpreter. This would mean we could support TH and even limited GHCi without needing a dynamic linker of any kind, which is extremely cool. Apparently this would be useful for AIX where doing dynamic linking is hard. -- Comment: It doesn't look like this will happen for 8.2. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12218#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler