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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 --------- Co-authored-by: Hécate Moonlight <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Hécate <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit 9c775f2)
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synopsis: Always pass `ghc-options` to GHC | ||
packages: Cabal | ||
prs: #8717 | ||
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description: { | ||
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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. | ||
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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. | ||
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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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} |