From: Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:49:30 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: GHCi linker: Assume non-Haskell libraries are dynamic libs
X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=ghc-hetmet.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=4f7d5513b25571f0eb091b8af04e2225f2802fed

GHCi linker: Assume non-Haskell libraries are dynamic libs
This works around a segfault we get when trying to load libiconv.a on
some platforms.
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diff --git a/compiler/ghci/Linker.lhs b/compiler/ghci/Linker.lhs
index 29228b1..bd0bb35 100644
--- a/compiler/ghci/Linker.lhs
+++ b/compiler/ghci/Linker.lhs
@@ -1105,6 +1105,9 @@ loadFrameworks pkg
 -- If it isn't present, we assume it's a dynamic library.
 locateOneObj :: [FilePath] -> String -> IO LibrarySpec
 locateOneObj dirs lib
+  | not ("HS" `isPrefixOf` lib)
+    -- For non-Haskell libraries (e.g. gmp, iconv) we assume dynamic library
+  = assumeDll
   | not isDynamicGhcLib
     -- When the GHC package was not compiled as dynamic library
     -- (=DYNAMIC not set), we search for .o libraries or, if they