This is the only way to get reasonably small binaries that don’t pull
in a ton of ghc-* packages.
* guix/build/haskell-build-system.scm (configure): Explicitly
add --enable-static and --disable-executable-dynamic, as well as
-split-sections to configure flags.
,@(if tests?
'("--enable-tests")
'())
- ;; Build and link with shared libraries
+ ;; Build static and shared libraries.
"--enable-shared"
- "--enable-executable-dynamic"
+ "--enable-static"
+ ;; Link executables statically by default.
+ "--disable-executable-dynamic"
"--ghc-option=-fPIC"
+ ;; Ensure static libraries can be used with -Wl,--gc-sections for size.
+ "--ghc-option=-split-sections"
,@configure-flags)))
;; Cabal errors if GHC_PACKAGE_PATH is set during 'configure', so unset
;; and restore it.