[GHC] #8935: Obscure linker bug leads to crash in GHCi

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Wed May 7 20:08:46 UTC 2014


#8935: Obscure linker bug leads to crash in GHCi
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        Reporter:  simonmar          |            Owner:  trommler
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  patch
        Priority:  high              |        Milestone:  7.8.3
       Component:  Runtime System    |          Version:  7.8.1-rc2
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  GHCi crash        |       Difficulty:  Rocket Science
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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Changes (by simonmar):

 * owner:  simonmar => trommler


Comment:

 @trommler, giving you the ticket.

 Thinking about it, I'm less sure that `RTLD_LOCAL` will work now, because
 it won't allow us to load new libraries that depend on libraries we've
 previously loaded, and we definitely need to be able to do that.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8935#comment:41>
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