From 375cfd6650cc0360097dcd54515c97e42541af6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Tibell <johan.tibell@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:51:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Don't strip libraries on Windows
Stripping triggers a bug in strip.exe when there are lots of
identically named modules. The strip program has a limit in how it
generates temp file names, which eventually leads to name collision.
Fixes #1784.
---
Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Program/Strip.hs | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Program/Strip.hs b/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Program/Strip.hs
index d1808e933a..d579409aa1 100644
--- a/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Program/Strip.hs
+++ b/Cabal/Distribution/Simple/Program/Strip.hs
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ stripLib verbosity (Platform _arch os) conf path = do
return ()
IOS -> return ()
Solaris -> return ()
+ Windows -> -- Stripping triggers a bug in 'strip.exe' for
+ -- libraries with lots identically named modules. See
+ -- #1784.
+ return()
_ -> runStrip verbosity conf path args
where
args = ["--strip-unneeded"]
--
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