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GHCi cannot load .o built from c with -fPIC on i386 linux. On i386 linux, the PIC object code looks like:

000001ac <hs_remWord64>:
 1ac:   53                      push   %ebx
 1ad:   83 ec 08                sub    $0x8,%esp
 1b0:   e8 fc ff ff ff          call   1b1 <hs_remWord64+0x5>
                        1b1: R_386_PC32 __x86.get_pc_thunk.bx
 1b5:   81 c3 02 00 00 00       add    $0x2,%ebx
                        1b7: R_386_GOTPC        _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
 1bb:   ff 74 24 1c             pushl  0x1c(%esp)
 1bf:   ff 74 24 1c             pushl  0x1c(%esp)
 1c3:   ff 74 24 1c             pushl  0x1c(%esp)
 1c7:   ff 74 24 1c             pushl  0x1c(%esp)
 1cb:   e8 fc ff ff ff          call   1cc <hs_remWord64+0x20>
                        1cc: R_386_PLT32        __umoddi3
 1d0:   83 c4 18                add    $0x18,%esp
 1d3:   5b                      pop    %ebx
 1d4:   c3                      ret    

1. the GOT symbol _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ may be undefined
2. the runtime linker doesn't support PIC-related i386 relocations like R_386_GOTPC or R_386_PLT32

As a result, we will see errors like unknown symbol '_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' or unhandled ELF relocation.

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Trac field	Value
Version	8.7
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Runtime System (Linker)
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