On Apr 25, 2014 5:36 AM, "Bertram Felgenhauer" < bertram.felgenhauer@googlemail.com> wrote:

John Lato wrote:

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I'd like to compile ghc-7.8.2 with DynamicGhcPrograms disabled (on

64-bit

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linux). I downloaded the source tarball, added

DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS = NO

I've had success with setting both

DYNAMIC_BY_DEFAULT = NO DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS = NO

and removing the 'dyn' way altogether from GhcLibWays by setting GhcLibWays = v explicitely. I expect that the latter is optional; my goal was only to speed up the build.

(The lines were copied from the perf-cross settings.)

I tried disabling dynamicByDefault also, but that didn't help. It may be a problem with lib ways though, I'll try that. Thanks, John

Cheers,

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Hi Carter, cabal-install-1.20.0.0, using Cabal 1.20.0.0. But this also happened IIRC with just ghc, no libraries installed, and no cabal anywhere on the path. In any case, thus far the worst behavior I've seen from a too-old cabal is a compile failure, not a core dump :) On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Carter Schonwald < carter.schonwald@gmail.com> wrote:

@john, what version of cabal-install were you using? (i realize you're probably using the right one, but worth asking :) )

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:25 PM, John Lato wrote:

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On Apr 25, 2014 5:36 AM, "Bertram Felgenhauer" < bertram.felgenhauer@googlemail.com> wrote:

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John Lato wrote:

...

I'd like to compile ghc-7.8.2 with DynamicGhcPrograms disabled (on

64-bit

...

...

linux). I downloaded the source tarball, added

DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS = NO

I've had success with setting both

DYNAMIC_BY_DEFAULT = NO DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS = NO

and removing the 'dyn' way altogether from GhcLibWays by setting GhcLibWays = v explicitely. I expect that the latter is optional; my goal was only to speed up the build.

(The lines were copied from the perf-cross settings.)

I tried disabling dynamicByDefault also, but that didn't help. It may be a problem with lib ways though, I'll try that.

Thanks, John

...

Cheers,

Bertram _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users

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John Lato-2 wrote

I'd like to compile ghc-7.8.2 with DynamicGhcPrograms disabled

Are you able to use template haskell (and qusiquoting) with this? Don't they need dynamic libs? -- View this message in context: http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/how-to-compile-non-dynamic-ghc-7-8-2-tp... Sent from the Haskell - Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Simon Marlow wrote:

On 25/04/2014 02:15, John Lato wrote:

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Hello,

I'd like to compile ghc-7.8.2 with DynamicGhcPrograms disabled (on 64-bit linux). I downloaded the source tarball, added

DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS = NO

to mk/build.mk http://build.mk, and did ./configure && ./make.

ghc builds and everything seems to work (cabal installed a bunch of packages, ghci seems to work), however whenever I try to run Setup.hs dynamically (either 'runghc Setup.hs configure' or loading it with ghci and executing 'main') it dumps core. Compiling Setup.hs works, and nothing else has caused ghci to crash either (this email is a literate haskell file equivalent to Setup.hs).

Building with DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS = YES works properly.

With that in mind, I have a few questions:

How should I compile a non-dynamic ghc? Is this a bug in ghc?

I think you are running into this: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ ghc/ticket/8935

It took me a *long* time to track that one down. I still don't know what the root cause is, because I don't understand the system linker's behaviour here.

I just updated the ticket. I think I know what is going on so I added a possible explanation. I'm not sure how you want to fix it.