[GHC] #8857: Sparc needs to be on the NoSharedLibsPlatformList

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#8857: Sparc needs to be on the NoSharedLibsPlatformList
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       Reporter:  nomeata            |             Owner:
           Type:  bug                |            Status:  new
       Priority:  normal             |         Milestone:  7.8.1
      Component:  Compiler           |           Version:  7.8.1-rc2
       Keywords:                     |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
   Architecture:  sparc              |   Type of failure:  Building GHC
     Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1  |  failed
  hour)                              |         Test Case:
     Blocked By:                     |          Blocking:
Related Tickets:                     |
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 I see build failures with GHC-7.8 RC2 on sparc:
 https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=ghc&ver=7.8.20140228-1&arch=sparc

 These go away if I apply this patch, as suggested by Karel Gardas:
 {{{
 Index: ghc-7.8.20140228/mk/config.mk.in
 ===================================================================
 --- ghc-7.8.20140228.orig/mk/config.mk.in       2014-03-06
 09:48:52.000000000 +0000
 +++ ghc-7.8.20140228/mk/config.mk.in    2014-03-06 09:49:55.000000000
 +0000
 @@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
  NoSharedLibsPlatformList = arm-unknown-linux \
         powerpc-unknown-linux \
         x86_64-unknown-mingw32 \
 -       i386-unknown-mingw32
 +       i386-unknown-mingw32 \
 +       sparc-unknown-linux

  ifeq "$(SOLARIS_BROKEN_SHLD)" "YES"
  NoSharedLibsPlatformList += i386-unknown-solaris2
 }}}

 Please consider applying this fix before next RC or the final release.
 Thanks!

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8857>
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