lld: error: unknown argument: -r

[kkurkiewicz]

Describe the bug
I'm not sure if this really is a bug, but, trying to upgrade my project from GHC 8.6.5 to 9.4.4, every time I run cabal install -w ghc-9.4.4 --dependencies-only, the command proceeds to build the first library from my build-depends list and does build it (seemingly without any errors), but then simply displays the linking error and throws ExitFailure 1.

To Reproduce

>cabal install -w "C:\Program Files\Haskell\ghc-9.4.4\bin\ghc.exe" --dependencies-only
Warning: The install command is a part of the legacy v1 style of cabal usage.

Please switch to using either the new project style and the new-install
command or the legacy v1-install alias as new-style projects will become the
default in the next version of cabal-install. Please file a bug if you cannot
replicate a working v1- use case with the new-style commands.

For more information, see: https://wiki.haskell.org/Cabal/NewBuild

Resolving dependencies...
Notice: installing into a sandbox located at
C:\Users\kkurkiewicz\Desktop\hlink\.cabal-sandbox
Starting     ghc-lib-parser-9.4.4.20221225
Building     ghc-lib-parser-9.4.4.20221225
Failed to install ghc-lib-parser-9.4.4.20221225
Build log ( C:\Users\kkurkiewicz\Desktop\hlink\.cabal-sandbox\logs\ghc-9.4.4\ghc-lib-parser-9.4.4.20221225-GuIVgCTKKGN8C570UhV3aW.log ):
Preprocessing library for ghc-lib-parser-9.4.4.20221225..
Building library for ghc-lib-parser-9.4.4.20221225..
[  1 of 380] Compiling GHC.BaseDir      ( libraries\ghc-boot\GHC\BaseDir.hs, dist\dist-sandbox-14a89ea1\build\GHC\BaseDir.o )
[  2 of 380] Compiling GHC.Data.SizedSeq ( libraries\ghc-boot\GHC\Data\SizedSeq.hs, dist\dist-sandbox-14a89ea1\build\GHC\Data\SizedSeq.o )
...
[380 of 380] Compiling GHC.Driver.Config ( compiler\GHC\Driver\Config.hs, dist\dist-sandbox-14a89ea1\build\GHC\Driver\Config.o )
lld: error: unknown argument: -r
cabal: Leaving directory 'C:\Users\KKURKI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\cabal-tmp-5000\ghc-lib-parser-9.4.4.20221225'
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
ghc-lib-parser-9.4.4.20221225-GuIVgCTKKGN8C570UhV3aW failed during the
building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1

System information

• Operating system

>systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /B /C:"OS Version"
OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows 10 Education
OS Version:                10.0.19045 N/A Build 19045

• cabal, ghc versions

cabal --version
cabal-install version 2.4.1.0
compiled using version 2.4.1.0 of the Cabal library

>ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.6.5

Additional context

• The newer version of the compiler is not on my PATH. (I have it specified in cabal.project, but Cabal seems to ignore it.)
• The name of the library doesn't matter – you could replace ghc-lib-parser with any library you want, but the outcome will be the same.
• I only use the legacy commands.

[ulysses4ever]

Thank you for the report. First step in inspecting this would be to upgrade your cabal to something reasonable (e.g version 3.8). 2.4 is ancient.

[ulysses4ever]

Actually, GHC 9.4 on Windows requires cabal 3.8 or later

[kkurkiewicz]

Oh, sorry. I didn't know that. I'll upgrade to 3.8 and let you know later.

[kkurkiewicz]

@ulysses4ever, upgrading Cabal to 3.8 helped. Thank you and sorry for the spam :D

[ulysses4ever]

@kkurkiewicz Not all! This particular restriction on cabal from GHC 9.4 on Windows is rather annoying, and I tend to forget about it myself once in a while.

Happy hacking!