porting to uClibc-based 686 Linux

[Ian Lynagh]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 06:48:12AM -0400, Dubiousjim wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:18:52PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 11:12:38PM -0400, Dubiousjim wrote:
> > >     target$ inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 -o hello-cross hello.hs
> > >     [1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( hello.hs, hello.o )
> > >     Linking hello-cross ...
> > >     target$ ./hello-cross
> > >     Can't modify application's text section; use the GCC option -fPIE
> > >     for position-independent executables.
> > 
> > You can pass -fPIE to gcc by using the -optc-fPIE flag.
> 
> Thanks Ian. There's much I don't fully understand about ghc, but I read
> somewhere that the 
> -optc-* options would only be applied when building via intermediate C
> files, which isn't
> happening in the compilation process specified above. Is this incorrect,
> or have
> I misunderstood something?

Ah, sorry, I assumed that you were doing an unreg build.

If I were you I'd probably start off by trying to do an unreg
cross-compile with HEAD. However, the unreg build is currently broken in
HEAD (http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7792), but I'm hoping
to have a fix soon.


Thanks
Ian