id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc
216	Link error with libiconv on MacOS	Ragnaroek	MtnViewMark	"Compiling a small program results in this error message:

[1 of 2] Compiling TestHelper       ( testsuite/tests/TestHelper.hs, dist/build/test-played-tracks/test-played-tracks-tmp/TestHelper.o )
[2 of 2] Compiling Main             ( testsuite/tests/TestPlayedTracks.hs, dist/build/test-played-tracks/test-played-tracks-tmp/Main.o )
Linking dist/build/test-played-tracks/test-played-tracks ...
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  ""_iconv"", referenced from:
      _hs_iconv in libHSbase-4.5.1.0.a(iconv.o)
     (maybe you meant: _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding8_closure, _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding5_info , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding10_closure , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncodingzuloc1_closure , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding7_closure , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding6_info , _hs_iconv_open , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding6_closure , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding7_info , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding5_closure , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding8_info , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding4_closure , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding9_info , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding3_closure , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding2_info , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding2_closure , _hs_iconv , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding3_info , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding10_info , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncodingzuloc_closure , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncodingzuloc_info , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncoding9_closure , _hs_iconv_close , _base_GHCziIOziEncodingziIconv_iconvEncodingzuloc1_info )
  ""_iconv_close"", referenced from:
      _hs_iconv_close in libHSbase-4.5.1.0.a(iconv.o)
     (maybe you meant: _hs_iconv_close)
  ""_iconv_open"", referenced from:
      _hs_iconv_open in libHSbase-4.5.1.0.a(iconv.o)
     (maybe you meant: _hs_iconv_open)
  ""_locale_charset"", referenced from:
      _localeEncoding in libHSbase-4.5.1.0.a(PrelIOUtils.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

It seems that ghc is looking in the wrong directory for libiconv.
By specifying --extra-lib-dirs=/usr/lib compilation works.

The MacOS Version is 10.8.2
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