In local.glasgow-haskell-users, you wrote:
I think it would be a good idea to add -optl-static to the flags described in http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/option s-phases.html#OPTIONS-LINKER perhaps in the vincinity of -static & -dynamic. Although this could be considered redundant, it might save some time trying out how to build entirely static binaries. Opinions?
I think the -static flag probably ought to be passed to the linker, so you wouldn't need -optl-static. Is there any reason you might need -static but not -optl-static?
My prefered solution would be to rename the current "-static" to e.g. -hsstatic and let the actual "-static" be equivalent to "-hsstatic -optl-static". That way, you don't loose the current possibility, although I cannot thing of any useful application, either. -- Volker Stolz * http://www-i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/stolz/ * PGP * S/MIME http://news.bbc.co.uk: `Israeli forces [...], declaring curfews that confine more than 700,000 people to their homes.'