Bug#867853: closed by Gianfranco Costamagna <locutusofborg at debian.org> (Re: Bug#867853: gcc: error: unrecognized command line option =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98-no-pie=E2=80=99?=)

[Brian Sammon]

> I guess it is better to patch older gccs to understand such flag and give
> no-op in this case.
> There is no point in:
> 1) fixing the whole archive for a gcc-specific change
> 2) using ghc with older, unsupported compilers.

I'm not sure I understand this response.
When you say "gcc-specific", are you saying that the Debian Haskell package supports compilers other than gcc?  It appears to me that it specifically requires gcc.

When you say "fix the whole archive" what do you mean?
I suggest only a update to the "debian/control" file to prevent/discourage users from trying to use ghc with older, unsupported compilers.

Last question:
If I contribute a patch to the debian/control file to do this, would it get applied?