[GHC] #3260: Linking stage2 on PPC gives "scattered reloc r_address too large"

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#3260: Linking stage2 on PPC gives "scattered reloc r_address too large"
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 Reporter:  benl      |          Owner:         
     Type:  bug       |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:         
Component:  Compiler  |        Version:  6.11   
 Severity:  critical  |     Resolution:         
 Keywords:            |       Testcase:         
       Os:  MacOS X   |   Architecture:  powerpc
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Comment (by thorkilnaur):

 The problem appeared between the PPC Mac OS X builds
 http://darcs.haskell.org/buildbot/all/builders/tnaur%20PPC%20OSX%20head%202/builds/223
 and
 http://darcs.haskell.org/buildbot/all/builders/tnaur%20PPC%20OSX%20head%202/builds/224.
 Searching the patches applied between those two builds, I have found that
 the problem appears precisely when the patch
 {{{
 Fri Apr  3 10:46:34 CEST 2009  simonpj at microsoft.com
   * Adjust inlining heursitics
 }}}
 is applied. I have also tried to unpull this patch from the HEAD
 repository of the {{{tnaur PPC OSX head 2}}} builder and then the build
 succeeds. (The {{{tnaur PPC OSX head 2}}} builder has suffered from other
 errors lately, the latest build that reports the error reported in the
 present ticket is
 http://darcs.haskell.org/buildbot/all/builders/tnaur%20PPC%20OSX%20head%202/builds/252/steps/compile/logs/stdio.)

 Best regards
 Thorkil

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