[GHC] #5816: static linking silently fails in ghc

[GHC]

#5816: static linking silently fails in ghc
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  carter        |          Owner:                
     Type:  bug           |         Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal        |      Component:  Compiler      
  Version:  7.2.2         |       Keywords:  linking osx   
       Os:  MacOS X       |   Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
  Failure:  None/Unknown  |       Testcase:                
Blockedby:                |       Blocking:                
  Related:                |  
--------------------------+-------------------------------------------------
 On OS X, ghci uses dylib versions of  C libraries when linking, and ghc
 uses static versions of those libraries.

 However, while ghci will give an  (informative) error message when dynamic
 linking fails, ghc gives no error message, and the resultant programs
 crash in an uninformative way.

 this lack of consistent error messages is also likely why GTK has been
 difficult to install and get working on OS X in recent time,  precisely
 because of this issue, see discussion here
 http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/or0ro/easy_steps_to_install_gtk_and_use_all_its/
 of recent efforts in successfully installing gtk on mac

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5816>
GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/>
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler