[GHC] #9012: HPC is broken (relocation R_386_GOTOFF against undefined symbol can not be used when making a shared object)

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#9012: HPC is broken (relocation R_386_GOTOFF against undefined symbol can not be
used when making a shared object)
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        Reporter:  Feuerbach         |            Owner:
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  patch
        Priority:  high              |        Milestone:  7.8.4
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.8.2
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 Replying to [comment:16 Feuerbach]:
 > OTOH, I thought I had used HPC successfully with 7.6.3, so I was
 surprised when I got this error.

 Is it possible that you just weren't building dynamic libraries then, only
 static libraries, as it was the default for Cabal at the time? After all,
 the test executable is linked statically by default anyways so for the
 purpose of testing building the dynamic libraries is just unnecessary
 extra work.

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