[GHC] #8696: linking fails with 'relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol'

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#8696: linking fails with 'relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol'
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        Reporter:  Kata      |            Owner:
            Type:  bug       |           Status:  new
        Priority:  highest   |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  Compiler  |          Version:  7.8.1-rc1
      Resolution:            |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux     |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Type of failure:  Other     |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:            |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:            |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by simonmar):

 Replying to [comment:14 simonpj]:
 > > which breaks the assumption that all the objects of a package are
 linked into the same shared library
 >
 > Could we not simply drop that assumption?  At least when we aren't
 loading a whole package but instead are doing this "load module and its
 dependencies" stuff.

 It's a compile-time choice, so we can't do one thing for compiling a
 package and another when running TH.  I think it's probably a big
 performance hit to drop this optimisation (but I don't have measurements).
 Basically the optimisation means that all the intra-package references can
 be direct, rather than going via the indirection table.

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