From: simonmar <unknown>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:59:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [project @ 2005-02-02 09:59:41 by simonmar]
X-Git-Tag: Initial_conversion_from_CVS_complete~1130
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[project @ 2005-02-02 09:59:41 by simonmar]
Add an entry for "duplicate definition for __module_registered"
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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/faq.xml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/faq.xml
index 93840e9..011a735 100644
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/faq.xml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/faq.xml
@@ -465,6 +465,23 @@ details.</para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
 
+    <varlistentry>
+      <term>I get an error message from GHCi about a "duplicate definition for
+	symbol __module_registered"</term>
+      <listitem>
+	<para>An error message like this:
+
+<screen>
+GHCi runtime linker: fatal error: I found a duplicate definition for symbol
+       __module_registered
+    whilst processing object file
+       /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.2/HSfgl.o</screen>
+
+	  probably indicates that when building a library for GHCi
+	  (<filename>HSfgl.o</filename> in the above example), you should use
+	  the <option>-x</option> option to <literal>ld</literal>.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
 
 </chapter>