[GHC] #16025: Makefiles bundled with source distribution fail to build cross-compiler.

[GHC]

#16025: Makefiles bundled with source distribution fail to build cross-compiler.
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           Reporter:  vanessamchale  |             Owner:  (none)
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Build System   |           Version:  8.6.3
  (make)                             |
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
       Architecture:  x86_64         |   Type of failure:  Building GHC
  (amd64)                            |  failed
          Test Case:                 |        Blocked By:
           Blocking:                 |   Related Tickets:
Differential Rev(s):                 |         Wiki Page:
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 When trying to build a cross-compiler with GHC 8.6.3, I ran into the
 following:

 {{{
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in
 generic ELF (EM: 40)
 libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: error adding symbols:
 File in wrong format
 echo libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o libraries/ghc-
 prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Classes.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/GHC/Debug.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/GHC/IntWord64.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/GHC/Magic.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/GHC/PrimopWrappers.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/GHC/Tuple.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/GHC/Types.o   libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/atomic.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/bswap.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/clz.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/ctz.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/debug.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/longlong.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/pdep.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/pext.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/popcnt.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/cbits/word2float.o     >> libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/libHSghc-prim-0.5.3.a.contents
 libraries/ghc-prim/ghc.mk:4: recipe for target 'libraries/ghc-prim/dist-
 install/build/HSghc-prim-0.5.3.o' failed
 make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/HSghc-prim-0.5.3.o]
 Error 1
 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
 "arm-linux-gnueabihf-ar" q  libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build
 /libHSghc-prim-0.5.3.a @libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/libHSghc-
 prim-0.5.3.a.contents
 arm-linux-gnueabihf-ar: creating libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build
 /libHSghc-prim-0.5.3.a
 "rm" -f libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/libHSghc-
 prim-0.5.3.a.contents
 Makefile:122: recipe for target 'all' failed
 make: *** [all] Error 2
 It seems that this was due to an error in mk/config.mk, viz.
 LD_NO_GOLD = ld
 LD = arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold
 NM = arm-linux-gnueabihf-nm
 AR = arm-linux-gnueabihf-ar
 OBJDUMP = arm-linux-gnueabihf-objdump
 }}}

 The variable {{{LD_NO_GOLD}}} should have the prefix {{{arm-linux-
 gnueabihf}}}. When I set {{{LD_NO_GOLD}}} to {{{arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld}}}
 manually, the build proceeds and works correctly.

 Let me know if you need any additional information.

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