[GHC] #5950: Linking standard library fails

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#5950: Linking standard library fails
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  Reporter:  volker-wysk                |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug                        |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal                     |      Milestone:                  
 Component:  Compiler                   |        Version:  7.0.4           
Resolution:  invalid                    |       Keywords:  link            
        Os:  Linux                      |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  GHC rejects valid program  |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:                             |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                             |        Related:                  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * status:  new => closed
  * difficulty:  => Unknown
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 When you're doing "batch linking", you have to specify all the packages
 manually, like this:

 {{{
 $ ghc -o test test.o -package haskell98
 }}}

 This is documented with the `-package` flag:
 [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/packages.html].

 It has always been like this, except that there are two recent changes
 which apparently tripped you up here: now `--make` is the default, which
 is why when you give the `.hs` file it works, and the `haskell98` package
 used to be linked in by default (now it isn't).

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