Bug#844598: [haskell-stack] relocations errors on compiling

[Ilias Tsitsimpis]

Hi Frederic,

On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 01:35PM, frederic wagner wrote:
> I cannot build anything using stack.
> 
> to reproduce :
> 
>  stack new test simple
>  cd test
>  stack build
> 
> -> gives following output :
> [1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( /tmp/stack28309/Setup.hs,
> /tmp/stack28309/Setup.o )
> Linking /home/wagnerf/.stack/setup-exe-cache/x86_64-linux/tmp-setup-Simple-Cabal-1.24.0.0-ghc-8.0.1
> ...
> /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/stack28309/Setup.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against symbol
> `stg_bh_upd_frame_info' can not be used when making a shared object;
> recompile with -fPIC
> /usr/bin/ld: /home/wagnerf/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-8.0.1/lib/ghc-8.0.1/Cabal-1.24.0.0/libHSCabal-1.24.0.0.a(Simple__87.o):
> relocation R_X86_64_32S against `.text' can not be used when making a shared
> object; recompile with -fPIC

Thanks for reporting this.

The above works for me with haskell-stack and ghc both from unstable.
The current version of ghc in testing is known to be broken (see #712228):

  https://bugs.debian.org/712228

Could you give it a try?

Best,

-- 
Ilias