[GHC] #2458: Unknown symbol `_environ' on MacOS X

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#2458: Unknown symbol `_environ' on MacOS X
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  Reporter:  IgorBoehm       |          Owner:  igloo   
      Type:  bug             |         Status:  reopened
  Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:  6.10.1  
 Component:  libraries/base  |        Version:  6.10.1  
Resolution:                  |       Keywords:  environ 
Difficulty:  Unknown         |             Os:  MacOS X 
  Testcase:                  |   Architecture:  x86     
   Failure:  None/Unknown    |  
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Changes (by mafo):

  * status:  closed => reopened
 * cc: fontaine at cs.uni-duesseldorf.de (added)
  * summary:  GHC MacOS X Leopard build succeeds, but ghci complains about:
              unknown symbol `_environ' => Unknown symbol
              `_environ' on MacOS X
  * failure:  => None/Unknown
  * version:  6.9 => 6.10.1
  * resolution:  fixed =>

Comment:

 This bug also shows up with Haskell-created libraries.

 If the executable which uses the library has been stripped the error
 occurs.
 If the executable has not been stripped the library can be loaded.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2458#comment:3>
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