arm64: /usr/bin/ld.gold: error: Stub is too far away, try a smaller value for '--stub-group-size'. The current value is 0x7ffbffc.

[juhp]

I am hitting linking errors on Fedora aarch64 when building HLS 1.9 for Fedora for ghc9.0 and ghc9.2:

see https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/petersen/haskell-language-server/monitor/
(edit: plus https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/petersen/haskell-language-server/build/5197512/)

Your environment

Fedora Linux

Steps to reproduce

Basically using cabal install but you can see the exact steps:
https://github.com/fedora-haskell/haskell-language-server/blob/main/haskell-language-server.spec#L409

Expected behaviour

HLS 1.9 to build and link on aarch64

Actual behaviour

Linking fails with many:

/usr/bin/ld.gold: error: Stub is too far away, try a smaller value for '--stub-group-size'. The current value is 0x7ffbffc.

Debug information

Build logs are available starting from the above link.

Has anyone else hit something like this before?
I have been building with dynamic False since 1.6.

This could well be a ghc issue: feels like HLS pushes it limits...

[juhp]

With dynamic it seems okay, but that makes the packaging rather more complex...

Though I suppose dynamic is preferred for TH etc, right?

[mpickering]

@juhp It is strongly recommended you build dynamically linked HLS releases as this works much better with projects with TH.

[juhp]

Okay, thanks - I have to consider this - it is a major packaging change.

Okay yes I see the official binaries are dynlinked.
Me being lazy again...

[hasufell]

@juhp It is strongly recommended you build dynamically linked HLS releases as this works much better with projects with TH.

I've tried to find evidence of this some time ago by getting a clear reproducer. But I couldn't.

Do you have any?

[juhp]

@hasufell I can reproduce 100% on Fedora aarch64 with ghc-9.4.8 and 9.6.3, if that is what you are asking

[hasufell]

@hasufell I can reproduce 100% on Fedora aarch64 with ghc-9.4.8 and 9.6.3, if that is what you are asking

I'm asking if there's a clear reproducer that static HLS binaries cause TH issues, because I could not find any.