bindist configure fails when LDFLAGS contains pack-relative-locs
Summary
Running ./configure
from the bindist with an LDFLAGS
containing -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs
fails when trying to determine machine word size
. I run into this issue when installing a GHC through stack within a PKGBUILD
on Arch Linux -- the default LDFLAGS
setting there contains -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs
since last month.
Raised the issue both in stack
and Arch Linux repos before being prodded by @maerwald that this might need to be addressed via GHC as well
GHC isn't the only Haskell program affected, I similarly have trouble building unix
and network
. I haven't investigated these in-depth, but suspect the issue is a similar use of autoconfig for the ffi bits which fails. Raised issue in cabal
to see if they can't similarly select $LD
based on $LDFLAGS
.
Steps to reproduce
With eg the 9.6.4 fedora bindist:
export LDFLAGS='-Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs'
./configure
Expected behavior
Configuration should succeed, just like it does without LDFLAGS
set.
Environment
- GHC version used: 9.6.4
Optional:
- Operating System: Arch Linux
- System Architecture: x86_64