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hadrian.settings
stage1.*.ghc.hs.opts += -finfo-table-map -fdistinct-constructor-tables
stage1.ghc-bin.ghc.link.opts += -eventlog
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instructions.md

These instructions will tell you how to build GHC 8.10.2 with support for the -hi, -finfo-table-map and -fdistinct-constructor-tables flags.

First checkout this GHC Branch: https://gitlab.haskell.org/mpickering/ghc/-/commits/ghc-con-info-backport. Then:

  1. mkdir _build, Copy the hadrian.settings file into _build.
  2. git submodule update --init
  3. perl boot
  4. ./configure
  5. ./hadrian/build.cabal.sh -j4

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where does the hadrian.settings file go? I've never used Hadrian to build ghc before and the docs do not seem to mention this file

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Found it https://gitlab.haskell.org/mpickering/ghc/-/blob/ghc-con-info-backport/hadrian/doc/user-settings.md

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