[GHC] #10402: powerpc: unhandled ELF relocation(RelA) type 252

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#10402: powerpc: unhandled ELF relocation(RelA) type 252
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        Reporter:  cjwatson        |                   Owner:  simonmar
            Type:  bug             |                  Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal          |               Milestone:  7.10.2
       Component:  Runtime System  |                 Version:  7.8.4
      Resolution:                  |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux           |            Architecture:  powerpc
 Type of failure:  Runtime crash   |               Test Case:
      Blocked By:                  |                Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                  |  Differential Revisions:
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Comment (by slyfox):

 Replying to [comment:15 rwbarton]:
 > While it would doubtless be better to build with `-fPIC` only when
 building a shared library, we ought to support the configuration of unix-
 time too, right?

 Correct.

 1. ghc-7.10/HEAD/DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS=YES on PPC32 fully supports it by
 using dynamic linker
 2. ghc-7.10/HEAD/DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS=NO on PPC32 does not support it and
 attached patch needs to be adjusted a bit to work.

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