[GHC] #1002: ghc-6.6 sometimes hangs under Solaris

[Christian Maeder]

Claus Reinke schrieb:
>>> #1002: ghc-6.6 sometimes hangs under Solaris
>>> After compiling 643 modules (in 5 minutes) ghc-6.6 did not finish its
>>>  batch job.
> ..
>> I have often seen problems like this with the Solaris linker.  (I
>> suspect it must have a super-linear algorithm for resolving symbol
>> references.)

It's not a linker problem, ghc-6.6 hangs on other occasions, too. I've
tried both linkers, they link with the same speed nowadays.

Thanks anyway, Christian


Maybe that section should simply be removed?

http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/FAQ#Why_does_linking_take_so_long.3F