Bug#846226: ghc: error while loading shared libraries: R_PPC_REL24 relocation at 0x206cdec4 for symbol `time' out of range

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Source: ghc
Version: 8.0.1-14
User: debian-powerpc at lists.debian.org
Usertags: powerpc

Looks like ghc FTBFS on powerpc:

https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ghc&arch=powerpc&ver=8.0.1-14&stamp=1479144241

[...]
Target platform inferred as: powerpc-unknown-linux

GHC build  : powerpc-unknown-linux
GHC host   : powerpc-unknown-linux
GHC target : powerpc-unknown-linux
configure: Building in-tree ghc-pwd
checking for path to top of build tree...
utils/ghc-pwd/dist-boot/ghc-pwd: error while loading shared libraries:
R_PPC_REL24 relocation at 0x206cdec4 for symbol `time' out of range
configure: error: cannot determine current directory
debian/rules:49: recipe for target 'override_dh_auto_configure' failed
[...]

Yet another case where -fPIC is missing ?