ld.gold seems to not like relative paths in link scripts: [ghc-6.12.3]$ /usr/bin/gcc -nostdlib -nodefaultlibs -Wl,-r -Wl,-x -o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/ld.script /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__1.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/.o::Generics(void) /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__3.o : /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__16.o collect2: ld returned 1 exit status [ghc-6.12.3]$ cat libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/ld.script INPUT(libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__1.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__2.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__3.o : libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__16.o) It links ok with ld.bfd Here is how I ran into this in bug 635581: "inplace/bin/ghc-stage1" -H32m -O -package-name ghc-prim-0.2.0.0 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/ghc-prim/. -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/. -optP-include -optPlibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package rts-1.0 -split-objs -package-name ghc-prim -XCPP -XMagicHash -XForeignFunctionInterface -XUnliftedFFITypes -XUnboxedTuples -XEmptyDataDecls -XNoImplicitPrelude -O2 -XGenerics -fno-warn-deprecated-flags -odir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -hidir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -stubdir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -hisuf hi -osuf o -hcsuf hc -c libraries/ghc-prim/./GHC/Generics.hs -o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__1.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/.o::Generics(void) /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__3.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__4.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__5.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__6.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__7.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__8.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__9.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__10.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__11.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__12.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__13.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__14.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__15.o /usr/bin/ld: error: cannot find libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__16.o collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics.o] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 I see a link script: [ghc-6.12.3]$ ls libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/ Generics__1.o Generics__12.o Generics__15.o Generics__3.o Generics__6.o Generics__9.o Generics__10.o Generics__13.o Generics__16.o Generics__4.o Generics__7.o ld.script Generics__11.o Generics__14.o Generics__2.o Generics__5.o Generics__8.o [petersen@localhost ghc-6.12.3]$ cat libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/ld.script INPUT(libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__1.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__2.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__3.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__4.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__5.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__6.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__7.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__8.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__9.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__10.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__11.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__12.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__13.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__14.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__15.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/Generics__16.o) Checking the verbose ghc output the problem occurs here with : /usr/bin/gcc -nostdlib -nodefaultlibs -Wl,-r -Wl,-x -o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/ld.script Editing the linking script generated by ghc-split: [ghc-6.12.3]$ sed -i.orig -e "s%libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/%%g" libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/ld.script [ghc-6.12.3]$ /usr/bin/gcc -nostdlib -nodefaultlibs -Wl,-r -Wl,-x -o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Generics_o_split/ld.script [ghc-6.12.3]$ So question that arises is should ld.gold support relative paths in link scripts or should ghc be changes to just like the local objects? --- Additional comment from petersen on 2010-09-21 12:51:14 EST --- The above sed change only works with ld.gold not ld.bfd. So it seems to be a ld.gold change of behaviour or regression compared to ld.bfd. I would be willing to patch ghc for Fedora if ld.gold and ld.bfd can agree on at least one of the versions of link scripts working.
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