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| -rw-r--r-- | compiler/main/DynFlags.hs | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/main/DynFlags.hs b/compiler/main/DynFlags.hs index 071c16ca80..918b1ae022 100644 --- a/compiler/main/DynFlags.hs +++ b/compiler/main/DynFlags.hs @@ -1123,6 +1123,13 @@ wayGeneralFlags _ (WayCustom {}) = [] wayGeneralFlags _ WayThreaded = [] wayGeneralFlags _ WayDebug = [] wayGeneralFlags _ WayDyn = [Opt_PIC] + -- We could get away without adding -fPIC when compiling the + -- modules of a program that is to be linked with -dynamic; the + -- program itself does not need to be position-independet, only + -- the libraries need to be. HOWEVER, GHCi links objects into a + -- .so before loading the .so using the system linker. Since only + -- PIC objects can be linked into a .so, we have to compile even + -- modules of the main program with -fPIC when using -dynamic. wayGeneralFlags _ WayProf = [Opt_SccProfilingOn] wayGeneralFlags _ WayEventLog = [] wayGeneralFlags _ WayPar = [Opt_Parallel] |