[Haskell-cafe] Dynamically linked executables

[Edward Amsden]

I'm pretty sure it's not possible under OS X, and just as sure that it
would be really nice, because some OS X libraries I'd like to link to
(JACK OS X in particular), don't provide static libraries.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Anakim Border <akborder at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to understand if it's possible to build dynamically linked
> executables under Mac OS X (10.6) with GHC 7.
>
> Looking here:
>
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/SharedLibraries/PlatformSupport
>
> it seems like the support is already present.
>
> Inside ghc-7.1.20110325 sources (the latest development snapshots as I
> write), I find the following:
>
> # Do we support shared libs?
> PlatformSupportsSharedLibs = $(if $(filter $(TARGETPLATFORM),\
>       i386-unknown-linux x86_64-unknown-linux \
>       i386-unknown-freebsd x86_64-unknown-freebsd \
>       i386-unknown-openbsd x86_64-unknown-openbsd \
>       i386-unknown-mingw32 \
>       i386-unknown-solaris2 \
>       i386-apple-darwin powerpc-apple-darwin),YES,NO)
>
> which seems to indicate the contrary.
>
> GHC bug tracker, finally, doesn't show any open ticket on the matter.
>
> Anyone has more details about this?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> AB
>
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Edward Amsden
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