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* Always pass `ghc-options`

The [documentation for `ghc-shared-options`][1] states that they are
combined with `ghc-options`:

> Additional options for GHC when the package is built as shared
> library. The options specified via this field are combined with the
> ones specified via `ghc-options`, and are passed to GHC during both
> the compile and link phases.

However, _only_ `ghc-shared-options` and not `ghc-options` are passed in
many cases.

This is an issue because it requires setting `ghc-shared-options` even
if the shared (dynamic) parts of the build don't actually need different
options; this has the unpleasant side-effect of causing modules to be
compiled twice, effectively doubling compile time! See here, where any
non-empty `ghc-shared-options` causes Cabal to not set `-dynamic-too`:

https://github.com/haskell/cabal/blob/acbc0f3a5cc9faf0913ff3e270196693816cec41/Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs#L1466-L1469

This issue was discovered while integrating the `mold` linker with a
Haskell project.

[1]: https://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cabal-package.html#pkg-field-ghc-shared-options

* Add documentation

* Also enhance profArgs and profDynArgs

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Co-authored-by: Hécate Moonlight <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Hécate <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit 9c775f2)
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHC.hs
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Expand Up @@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ libAbiHash verbosity _pkg_descr lbi lib clbi = do
, ghcOptFPic = toFlag True
, ghcOptHiSuffix = toFlag "dyn_hi"
, ghcOptObjSuffix = toFlag "dyn_o"
, ghcOptExtra = hcSharedOptions GHC libBi
, ghcOptExtra = hcOptions GHC libBi ++ hcSharedOptions GHC libBi
}
profArgs =
vanillaArgs
Expand All @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ libAbiHash verbosity _pkg_descr lbi lib clbi = do
(withProfLibDetail lbi)
, ghcOptHiSuffix = toFlag "p_hi"
, ghcOptObjSuffix = toFlag "p_o"
, ghcOptExtra = hcProfOptions GHC libBi
, ghcOptExtra = hcOptions GHC libBi ++ hcProfOptions GHC libBi
}
ghcArgs
| withVanillaLib lbi = vanillaArgs
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions Cabal/src/Distribution/Simple/GHCJS.hs
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Expand Up @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ buildOrReplLib mReplFlags verbosity numJobs _pkg_descr lbi lib clbi = do
, ghcOptFPic = toFlag True
, -- ghcOptHiSuffix = toFlag "dyn_hi",
-- ghcOptObjSuffix = toFlag "dyn_o",
ghcOptExtra = hcSharedOptions GHC libBi
ghcOptExtra = hcOptions GHC libBi ++ hcSharedOptions GHC libBi
, ghcOptHPCDir = hpcdir Hpc.Dyn
}

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, ghcOptDynLinkMode = toFlag GhcDynamicOnly
, ghcOptInputFiles = toNubListR dynamicObjectFiles
, ghcOptOutputFile = toFlag sharedLibFilePath
, ghcOptExtra = hcSharedOptions GHC libBi
, ghcOptExtra = hcOptions GHC libBi ++ hcSharedOptions GHC libBi
, -- For dynamic libs, Mac OS/X needs to know the install location
-- at build time. This only applies to GHC < 7.8 - see the
-- discussion in #1660.
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ghcOptFPic = toFlag True
, ghcOptHiSuffix = toFlag "dyn_hi"
, ghcOptObjSuffix = toFlag "dyn_o"
, ghcOptExtra = hcSharedOptions GHC bnfo
, ghcOptExtra = hcOptions GHC bnfo ++ hcSharedOptions GHC bnfo
, ghcOptHPCDir = hpcdir Hpc.Dyn
}
dynTooOpts =
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, ghcOptFPic = toFlag True
, ghcOptHiSuffix = toFlag "js_dyn_hi"
, ghcOptObjSuffix = toFlag "js_dyn_o"
, ghcOptExtra = hcSharedOptions GHC libBi
, ghcOptExtra = hcOptions GHC libBi ++ hcSharedOptions GHC libBi
}
profArgs =
vanillaArgs
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25 changes: 25 additions & 0 deletions changelog.d/pr-8717
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synopsis: Always pass `ghc-options` to GHC
packages: Cabal
prs: #8717
issues:

description: {

Previously, options set in the package field `ghc-options` would not be passed
to GHC during the link phase for shared objects (where multiple `.o` or
`.dyn_o` files are merged into a single object file). This made it impossible
to use `ghc-options` to use a different linker by setting (for example)
`ghc-options: -optl-fuse-ld=mold -optlm-fuse-ld=mold`; the options would be
dropped in the link phase, falling back to the default linker.

It was possible to work around this by duplicating the `ghc-options` to
`ghc-shared-options`, which _are_ passed in the shared link phase, but that had
the (undocumented and unfortunate) side-effect of disabling the GHC
`-dynamic-too` flag, effectively doubling compilation times when
`ghc-shared-options` are set.

Now, `ghc-options` are combined with `ghc-shared-options` (to accurately
reflect the documentation on this feature) and the fact that
`ghc-shared-options` disables `-dynamic-too` is documented.

}

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