Stack gives CFLAGS=-fno-PIE to autoconf

[HMPerson1]

General summary/comments (optional)

On Archlinux, when building a package using autoconf, stack gives CFLAGS=-fno-PIE to autoconf, which makes autoconf think the C compiler is broken. Using CFLAGS=-no-pie instead would fix this.

Steps to reproduce

1. Have a package that uses autoconf (e.g. terminfo)
2. stack build

Expected

It works.

Actual

Configure fails:

$ stack build
terminfo-0.4.1.0: configure (lib)
Configuring terminfo-0.4.1.0...
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-compiler
checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
configure: error: in `/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0':
configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
See `config.log' for more details
checking whether we are cross compiling... 

--  While building package terminfo-0.4.1.0 using:
      /tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/Cabal-1.24.2.0/setup/setup --builddir=.stack-work/dist/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/Cabal-1.24.2.0 configure --with-ghc=/home/michael/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-tinfo6-nopie-8.0.2/bin/ghc --with-ghc-pkg=/home/michael/.stack/programs/x86_64-linux/ghc-tinfo6-nopie-8.0.2/bin/ghc-pkg --user --package-db=clear --package-db=global --package-db=/home/michael/.stack/snapshots/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/pkgdb --package-db=/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/pkgdb --libdir=/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/lib --bindir=/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/bin --datadir=/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/share --libexecdir=/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/libexec --sysconfdir=/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/etc --docdir=/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/doc/terminfo-0.4.1.0 --htmldir=/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/doc/terminfo-0.4.1.0 --haddockdir=/tmp/tmp.A5fZP6SH5x/terminfo-0.4.1.0/.stack-work/install/x86_64-linux-tinfo6-nopie/lts-9.8/8.0.2/doc/terminfo-0.4.1.0 --dependency=base=base-4.9.1.0 --enable-tests --enable-benchmarks
    Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1

Verbose output

config.log

Stack version

$ stack --version
Version 1.5.1 x86_64

Method of installation

• Archlinux repository

[hsyl20]

It seems to be the same issue as #2712.
Putting ghc-build: nopie in stack.yaml fixes it for me.

[dschrempf]

Please see

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/56101

[mgsloan]

Closing this as duplicate / upstream