Executables using GHC API require dynamic linking in GHC 7.7

[Christiaan Baaij]

Dear all,

It seems that executables that use the GHC API require to be dynamically linked on GHC 7.7.
At least in the case that an GHC API function has to perform linking.
Statically linked executable SEGFAULT when a GHC API function tries to do linking.

I build 'haddock' from source by doing a 'cabal install' in the 'utils/haddock' directory of my ghc build tree.
Here is the output of my statically linked haddock when I run it on one of my libraries:
Haddock coverage:
Warning: main:CLaSH.Util: Could not find documentation for exported module: X
Warning: Couldn't find .haddock for export Control.Lens.TH.makeLenses
  95% ( 18 / 19) in 'CLaSH.Util'
 100% (  8 /  8) in 'CLaSH.Core.TyCon'
 100% (  6 /  6) in 'CLaSH.Core.TysPrim'
 100% (  5 /  5) in 'CLaSH.Core.DataCon'
 100% (  3 /  3) in 'CLaSH.Core.Literal'
 100% (  5 /  5) in 'CLaSH.Core.Var'
Bus error: 10   <-- SEGFAULT

Here is the output of my dynamically linked haddock when I run it on one of my libraries:
Haddock coverage:
Warning: main:CLaSH.Util: Could not find documentation for exported module: X
Warning: Couldn't find .haddock for export Control.Lens.TH.makeLenses
  95% ( 18 / 19) in 'CLaSH.Util'
 100% (  8 /  8) in 'CLaSH.Core.TyCon'
 100% (  6 /  6) in 'CLaSH.Core.TysPrim'
 100% (  5 /  5) in 'CLaSH.Core.DataCon'
 100% (  3 /  3) in 'CLaSH.Core.Literal'
 100% (  5 /  5) in 'CLaSH.Core.Var'
 100% (  5 /  5) in 'CLaSH.Core.Term'
 100% (  8 /  8) in 'CLaSH.Core.Subst'
 100% ( 24 / 24) in 'CLaSH.Core.Type'
<… lots of warnings about missing link destination … >
~/Documents/devel/clash/src (master *)$ 

I believe that the use of TH in the CLaSH.Core.Var file triggers the segfault in the statically linked version.
I'm trying to create a smaller test case than running haddock on my library, but have been unsuccessful so far.
That is why I haven't posted a bug report on the bug tracker yet.
If somebody thinks I should, then please say so :-)

My platform is:
OS: OS X 10.8.5
XCode: X-Code CL-tools 4.6.2
GHC: GHC-HEAD (commit 94ab5d2984514f92dd919fbf3611a07d32105546)
Build.mk:
SRC_HC_OPTS     = -O -H64m
GhcStage1HcOpts = -O -fasm
GhcStage2HcOpts = -O2 -fasm
GhcHcOpts       = -Rghc-timing
GhcLibHcOpts    = -O2
HADDOCK_DOCS    = NO

I hope somebody can test this on linux with dynamic linking.
As this bug affects haddock, I think it is quite important that somebody with more knowledge of dynamic linking looks into this.

Regards,

Christiaan