Re: #8685: -split-objs doesn't work for executables

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#8685: -split-objs doesn't work for executables
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        Reporter:  refold            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Driver            |              Version:  7.6.3
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by Marge Bot <ben+marge-bot@…>):

 In [changeset:"37f257afcd6a52cf4d76c60d766b1aeb520b9f05/ghc"
 37f257af/ghc]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="37f257afcd6a52cf4d76c60d766b1aeb520b9f05"
 Rip out object splitting

 The splitter is an evil Perl script that processes assembler code.
 Its job can be done better by the linker's --gc-sections flag. GHC
 passes this flag to the linker whenever -split-sections is passed on
 the command line.

 This is based on @DemiMarie's D2768.

 Fixes Trac #11315
 Fixes Trac #9832
 Fixes Trac #8964
 Fixes Trac #8685
 Fixes Trac #8629
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8685#comment:3>