[GHC] #12875: GHC fails to link all StaticPointers-defining modules of a library in an executable

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#12875: GHC fails to link all StaticPointers-defining modules of a library in an
executable
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.2.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
                                     |  StaticPointers
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
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Comment (by facundo.dominguez):

 Perhaps it is possible to stop the linker from removing modules from the
 final executable when they use the `StaticPointers` language extension.
 That failing, the simplest solution could be to document that the module
 defining static pointers needs to be imported transitively into the main
 module of an executable supposed to find them.

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