Linking stage2 on PPC gives "scattered reloc r_address too large" (#3260) · Issues · Glasgow Haskell Compiler / GHC

Linking stage2 on PPC gives "scattered reloc r_address too large"

Linking the head stage2 compiler on PPC has been failing since about the 5th of April, with the following message:

ld warning: atom sorting error for 
  _ghczm6zi11zi20090527_LibFFI_Czuffizucif_closure_tbl and
  _ghczm6zi11zi20090527_LibFFI_Czuffizutype_closure_tbl 
   in compiler/stage2/build/LibFFI.o
ld warning: atom sorting error for
  _ghczm6zi11zi20090527_LibFFI_Czuffizucif_closure_tbl and
  _ghczm6zi11zi20090527_LibFFI_Czuffizutype_closure_tbl 
  in compiler/stage2/build/LibFFI.o
ld: scattered reloc r_address too large for inferred architecture ppc

From the build bot logs, it was working on the 4th of April. Coincidently, a stack of Cmm codegen patches were also pushed that day...

Trac metadata

Trac field	Value
Version	6.11
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
Test case
Differential revisions
BlockedBy
Related
Blocking
CC
Operating system	Unknown/Multiple
Architecture	Unknown/Multiple

To upload designs, you'll need to enable LFS and have an admin enable hashed storage. More information