#1291: Binary Solaris build fails on Solaris 9
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: _|_
Component: Build System | Version: 6.6.1
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: | Architecture: sparc
Os: Solaris |
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Comment (by guest):
The fundamental problem is that the GHC binary package was built on a
Solaris 9 release with the C99 patches installed. These patches are not
publicly available, and many Solaris 9 systems don't have them.
There is no clean fix for this. A very ugly solution is:
- cd /usr/lib; ln -s libm.so.1 libm.so.2
- LD_NOVERSION=1 export LD_NOVERSION
- create a file with stubs for the C99 (float) functions (e.g. sinf())
which invoke the (double) versions, and "ar r" this to libHSbase.a;
otherwise programs compiled with the binary GHC will fail to link
- alter the GHC build sequence to add this object to the *new*
libHSbase.a, because GHC assumes the existence of the C99 functions
instead of testing and substituting the (double) versions
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1291#comment:2>
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