[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            |      Component:  Compiler        
 Version:  6.11              |       Severity:  critical        
Keywords:                    |       Testcase:                  
      Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
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 Linking the head stage2 compiler on PPC has been failing since about the
 5th of April, with the following message:

 {{{
 ld warning: atom sorting error for
   _ghczm6zi11zi20090527_LibFFI_Czuffizucif_closure_tbl and
   _ghczm6zi11zi20090527_LibFFI_Czuffizutype_closure_tbl
    in compiler/stage2/build/LibFFI.o
 ld warning: atom sorting error for
   _ghczm6zi11zi20090527_LibFFI_Czuffizucif_closure_tbl and
   _ghczm6zi11zi20090527_LibFFI_Czuffizutype_closure_tbl
   in compiler/stage2/build/LibFFI.o
 ld: scattered reloc r_address too large for inferred architecture ppc
 }}}

 From the build bot logs, it was working on the 4th of April. Coincidently,
 a stack of Cmm codegen patches were also pushed that day...

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