[GHC] #15623: Wrong Endian, ghc-pwd and ghc-cabal on ghc 8.0.1 for powerpc64le (IBM Power)

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#15623: Wrong Endian, ghc-pwd and ghc-cabal on ghc 8.0.1 for powerpc64le (IBM
Power)
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           Reporter:                 |             Owner:  (none)
  francescantoncastro                |
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  highest        |         Milestone:  8.6.1
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  8.0.1
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  Linux
       Architecture:  powerpc64      |   Type of failure:  Building GHC
                                     |  failed
          Test Case:                 |        Blocked By:
           Blocking:                 |   Related Tickets:
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 I tried to compile ghc-8.0.1 from source using the powerpc64/unknown linux
 .tar.xz file (since the other file was for AIX).

 The ghc-pwd and ghc-cabal files won't execute even after stripping them
 with strip.

 The libraries included are Big Endian instead of Little Endian.

 I replaced the libffi library by the local one on my system (IBM Power8
 with redhatenterpriseserver).

 ghc complains there is no cabal file after naming a symlink to cabal (on
 /bin) ghc-cabal (instead of the faulty ghc-cabal file).

 See attached file.

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