[GHC] #15916: GHC doesn't build on powerpc64 architecture on systems other than GNU / Linux

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#15916: GHC doesn't build on powerpc64 architecture on systems other than GNU /
Linux
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        Reporter:  pkubaj            |                Owner:  trommler
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.10.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.6.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:  powerpc64
 Type of failure:  Building GHC      |            Test Case:
  failed                             |
      Blocked By:  15411             |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |  https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/merge_requests/81
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Comment (by trommler):

 Replying to [comment:30 pkubaj]:
 > Add to mk/build.mk:
 > {{{
 > INTEGER_LIBRARY = integer-simple
 > BIN_DIST_NAME=ghc-8.6.3-boot
 > BIN_DIST_TAR=ghc-8.6.3-boot.tar
 > DYNAMIC_GHC_PROGRAMS = NO
 > }}}

 You want to add to `mk/build.mk`:
 {{{
 Stage1Only = NO
 }}}
 Then you will find `inplace/bin/ghc-stage2` and that will be the compiler
 running on
 powerpc64.

 The file that is executed by `inplace/bin/ghc-stage1` runs on amd64 (the
 host machine)
 as you can see from the output of `file`:
 {{{
 /ghc-8.6.2/inplace/lib> file bin/ghc-stage1
 bin/ghc-stage1:
 ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked,
 interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0,
 BuildID[sha1]=846ac234d6774bbd928e3da433fd4f75482c0609, with debug_info,
 not stripped
 }}}

 Note: I built the cross compiler on Linux.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15916#comment:31>
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