[GHC] #15934: Building ghc with dwarf information and profiling libraries fails on windows.

[GHC]

#15934: Building ghc with dwarf information and profiling libraries fails on
windows.
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           Reporter:  AndreasK          |             Owner:  (none)
               Type:  bug               |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal            |         Milestone:  8.6.3
          Component:  Compiler          |           Version:  8.6.2
           Keywords:                    |  Operating System:  Windows
       Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
          Test Case:                    |        Blocked By:
           Blocking:                    |   Related Tickets:
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 Seems like we create too many sections in a single file on windows.

 {{{
 C://ghc//msys64//home//Andi//ghc_head//inplace//mingw//bin/as.exe:
 C:\\ghc\\msys64\\tmp\\ghc6664_0\\ghc_6.p_o: too many sections (32801)
 C:\\ghc\\msys64\\tmp\\ghc6664_0\\ghc_1.s: Assembler messages:
 C:\\ghc\\msys64\\tmp\\ghc6664_0\\ghc_1.s: Fatal error: can't write 4 bytes
 to section .rdata$c1w2b_str of C:\\ghc\\msys64\\tmp\\ghc6664_0\\ghc_6.p_o
 because: 'File too big'
 C://ghc//msys64//home//Andi//ghc_head//inplace//mingw//bin/as.exe:
 C:\\ghc\\msys64\\tmp\\ghc6664_0\\ghc_6.p_o: too many sections (32801)
 C:\\ghc\\msys64\\tmp\\ghc6664_0\\ghc_1.s: Fatal error: can't close
 C:\\ghc\\msys64\\tmp\\ghc6664_0\\ghc_6.p_o: File too big
 `gcc.exe' failed in phase `Assembler'. (Exit code: 1)
 make[1]: *** [libraries/template-haskell/ghc.mk:4: libraries/template-
 haskell/dist-install/build/Language/Haskell/TH/Syntax.p_o] Error 1
 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
 make: *** [Makefile:128: all] Error 2
 }}}



 build.mk
 {{{
 ifneq "$(BuildFlavour)" ""
 include mk/flavours/$(BuildFlavour).mk
 endif

 GhcLibHcOpts += -g1
 GhcRtsHcOpts += -g1
 # GhcStage2HcOpts += -g3

 BUILD_PROF_LIBS=YES

 # Don't strip debug and other unneeded symbols from libraries and
 executables.
 STRIP_CMD = :


 HADDOCK_DOCS       = NO
 BUILD_SPHINX_HTML  = NO
 BUILD_SPHINX_PDF   = NO
 BUILD_MAN          = NO

 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15934>
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