[GHC] #9302: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol (from Data.Array.Parallel) while building GHC in quickest flavour

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#9302: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol (from
Data.Array.Parallel) while building GHC in quickest flavour
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              Reporter:              |             Owner:
  ulysses4ever                       |            Status:  new
                  Type:  bug         |         Milestone:
              Priority:  normal      |           Version:
             Component:  Build       |          Keywords:
  System                             |  Operating System:  Linux
            Resolution:              |   Type of failure:  Building GHC
Differential Revisions:              |  failed
          Architecture:              |         Test Case:
  Unknown/Multiple                   |          Blocking:
            Difficulty:  Unknown     |
            Blocked By:              |
       Related Tickets:              |
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Old description:

> I followed “First steps” section in
> [https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Newcomers Newcomers guide] to
> build GHC from sources (got via git-clone) on Ubuntu 14.04 (amd64).
> During the last step (make) it comes to the error:
>

> {{{
> /usr/bin/ld: libraries/dph/dph-lifted-copy/dist-
> install/build/Data/Array/Parallel/Prelude/Bool.dyn_o: relocation
> R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol
> `dphzmliftedzmcopyzm0zi8zi0zi1_DataziArrayziParallelziPreludeziBool_andPzuv_closure'
> can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> }}}
>
> I tried to just the same under Lubuntu 13.04 (i386) and got just the same
> type of error on relocation (now for R_386_GOTOFF symbol) in the same
> module (Data.Array.Parallel).
>
> The only substantial change I did to the manual is setting BuildFlavour =
> quickest instead of BuildFlavour = quick. And it seems '''to be the
> cause'''. The error disappears when switch to quick flavour.
>
> Other related bug might be #9007.

New description:

 I followed “First steps” section in
 [https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Newcomers Newcomers guide] to build
 GHC from sources (got via git-clone) on Ubuntu 14.04 (amd64). During the
 last step (make) it comes to the error:


 {{{
 /usr/bin/ld: libraries/dph/dph-lifted-copy/dist-
 install/build/Data/Array/Parallel/Prelude/Bool.dyn_o: relocation
 R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol
 `dphzmliftedzmcopyzm0zi8zi0zi1_DataziArrayziParallelziPreludeziBool_andPzuv_closure'
 can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
 /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
 collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
 }}}

 I tried to just the same under Lubuntu 13.04 (i386) and got just the same
 type of error on relocation (now for R_386_GOTOFF symbol) in the same
 module (Data.Array.Parallel).

 The only substantial change I did to the manual is setting BuildFlavour =
 quickest instead of BuildFlavour = quick. And it seems '''to be the
 cause'''. The error disappears when switch to quick flavour.

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Comment (by ulysses4ever):

 Ok, remove link to #9007 and thank's for the workaround.

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