[Hackage] #791: Large libraries not installable on OS X

[Hackage]

#791: Large libraries not installable on OS X
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  Reporter:  batterseapower  |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect          |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  high            |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library   |      Version:  1.8.0.6
  Severity:  normal          |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  unknown         |   Ghcversion:         
  Platform:  Mac OS          |  
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 For example:

 {{{
 cabal unpack highlighting-kate-0.2.8.1
 cd highlighting-kate-0.2.8.1
 ghc --make Setup.hs
 ./Setup configure
 ./Setup build
 }}}

 This fails:

 {{{
 ld: scattered reloc r_address too large for inferred architecture i386
 }}}

 The underlying reason is that Cabal is trying to create an object file for
 use with GHCi, but that is not possible (see
 http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3260).

 Cabal's GHC.hs should not use combineObjectFiles on with GHC >= 7 and OS
 X.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/791>
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