#4973: building ghc7.0.1.20110217 under x86 solaris fails
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Reporter: maeder | Owner: igloo
Type: bug | Status: patch
Priority: highest | Milestone: 7.2.1
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.0.2
Resolution: | Keywords:
Testcase: | Blockedby:
Difficulty: | Os: Solaris
Blocking: | Architecture: x86
Failure: Building GHC failed |
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Comment(by simonmar):
If we have to use `-mimpure-text` I think that indicates a bug somewhere
else. It means we have relocations that would modify the text section,
i.e. code that is not position-independent. Instead of working around the
bug with `-mimpure-text` we should fix the bug in `-fPIC`. Using the
workaround will affect performance (shared libs will not really be
shared).
At the very least, if fixing `-fPIC` is not practical right now, we could
apply the workaround with a big comment explaining why it is a workaround,
and file a separate ticket for the real bug.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4973#comment:38>
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