GNU bug report logs - #51928
GHC 8.10 occupies 1.6 GiB

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 21:16:01 UTC

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: GHC 8.10 occupies 1.6 GiB
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 22:15:28 +0100

Hi!

GHC takes way too much space (GHC itself, not the closure):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix size ghc <at> 8.10
konserveja ero                                                   total    self
/gnu/store/allyyvs2xg396s23csrmqfx19n9zayp7-ghc-8.10.7            1831.0  1599.4  87.3%
/gnu/store/z9alkwg8anajvasd01pyx4rzcasli3yf-ghc-8.10.7-doc         190.2   150.8   8.2%
/gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31              38.4    36.7   2.0%
/gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib           71.0    32.6   1.8%
/gnu/store/zzkly5rbfvahwqgcs7crz0ilpi7x5g5p-ncurses-6.2             76.9     5.9   0.3%
/gnu/store/35afkywncrr5xsb4cxcljf6rpjcb7f61-gmp-6.2.0               73.8     2.7   0.2%
/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16       1.6     1.6   0.1%
/gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16     39.4     1.0   0.1%
/gnu/store/bw15z9kh9c65ycc2vbhl2izwfwfva7p1-libffi-3.3              71.2     0.2   0.0%
total: 1831.0 MiB
$ guix describe
Generacio 194	Nov 07 2021 23:40:30	(nuna)
  guix bd41e59
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: bd41e590dd24e54797fb8b6854c244efd4d12df5
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Most of it comes from $libdir, specifically:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ du -s /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/*|sort -k1 -n| tail
23756   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/haskeline-0.8.2
28776   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/text-1.2.4.1
47664   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/containers-0.6.5.1
48428   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-prim-0.6.1
50768   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghci-8.10.7
54100   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/template-haskell-2.16.0.0
80200   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/bin
151868  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/base-4.14.3.0
426416  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/Cabal-3.2.1.0
538168  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7
$ du -s /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/*|sort -k1 -n|tail
652     /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/Llvm
716     /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/SPARC
1108    /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/RegAlloc
2256    /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.dyn_hi
2256    /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.hi
2256    /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.p_hi
23724   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/GHC
90908   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7-ghc8.10.7.so
127908  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7.a
225972  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7_p.a
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Can we at least (re)move those ‘.a’ files?

Thoughts?

Ludo’.
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From: raingloom <raingloom <at> riseup.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51928: GHC 8.10 occupies 1.6 GiB
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:56:41 +0100

On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 22:15:28 +0100
Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> GHC takes way too much space (GHC itself, not the closure):
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ guix size ghc <at> 8.10
> konserveja ero
> total    self /gnu/store/allyyvs2xg396s23csrmqfx19n9zayp7-ghc-8.10.7
>           1831.0  1599.4  87.3%
> /gnu/store/z9alkwg8anajvasd01pyx4rzcasli3yf-ghc-8.10.7-doc
> 190.2   150.8   8.2%
> /gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31
> 38.4    36.7   2.0%
> /gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib
> 71.0    32.6   1.8%
> /gnu/store/zzkly5rbfvahwqgcs7crz0ilpi7x5g5p-ncurses-6.2
> 76.9     5.9   0.3%
> /gnu/store/35afkywncrr5xsb4cxcljf6rpjcb7f61-gmp-6.2.0
> 73.8     2.7   0.2%
> /gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16
> 1.6     1.6   0.1%
> /gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16
> 39.4     1.0   0.1%
> /gnu/store/bw15z9kh9c65ycc2vbhl2izwfwfva7p1-libffi-3.3
> 71.2     0.2   0.0% total: 1831.0 MiB $ guix describe Generacio
> 194	Nov 07 2021 23:40:30	(nuna) guix bd41e59 repository
> URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit:
> bd41e590dd24e54797fb8b6854c244efd4d12df5 --8<---------------cut
> here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Most of it comes from $libdir, specifically:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ du -s
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/*|sort
> -k1 -n| tail 23756
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/haskeline-0.8.2
> 28776
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/text-1.2.4.1
> 47664
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/containers-0.6.5.1
> 48428
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-prim-0.6.1
> 50768
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghci-8.10.7
> 54100
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/template-haskell-2.16.0.0
> 80200
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/bin
> 151868
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/base-4.14.3.0
> 426416
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/Cabal-3.2.1.0
> 538168
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7
> $ du -s
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/*|sort
> -k1 -n|tail 652
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/Llvm
> 716
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/SPARC
> 1108
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/RegAlloc
> 2256
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.dyn_hi
> 2256
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.hi
> 2256
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.p_hi
> 23724
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/GHC
> 90908
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7-ghc8.10.7.so
> 127908
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7.a
> 225972
> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7_p.a
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Can we at least (re)move those ‘.a’ files?
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Ludo’.
> 
> 
> 

Shouldn't `.a` be split to a static lib output?
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Message #11 received at 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: raingloom <raingloom <at> riseup.net>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51928: GHC 8.10 occupies 1.6 GiB
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 22:19:58 -0500

Hello,

raingloom <raingloom <at> riseup.net> writes:

> On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 22:15:28 +0100
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>> 
>> GHC takes way too much space (GHC itself, not the closure):
>> 
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> $ guix size ghc <at> 8.10
>> konserveja ero
>> total    self /gnu/store/allyyvs2xg396s23csrmqfx19n9zayp7-ghc-8.10.7
>>           1831.0  1599.4  87.3%
>> /gnu/store/z9alkwg8anajvasd01pyx4rzcasli3yf-ghc-8.10.7-doc
>> 190.2   150.8   8.2%
>> /gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31
>> 38.4    36.7   2.0%
>> /gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib
>> 71.0    32.6   1.8%
>> /gnu/store/zzkly5rbfvahwqgcs7crz0ilpi7x5g5p-ncurses-6.2
>> 76.9     5.9   0.3%
>> /gnu/store/35afkywncrr5xsb4cxcljf6rpjcb7f61-gmp-6.2.0
>> 73.8     2.7   0.2%
>> /gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16
>> 1.6     1.6   0.1%
>> /gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16
>> 39.4     1.0   0.1%
>> /gnu/store/bw15z9kh9c65ycc2vbhl2izwfwfva7p1-libffi-3.3
>> 71.2     0.2   0.0% total: 1831.0 MiB $ guix describe Generacio
>> 194	Nov 07 2021 23:40:30	(nuna) guix bd41e59 repository
>> URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit:
>> bd41e590dd24e54797fb8b6854c244efd4d12df5 --8<---------------cut
>> here---------------end--------------->8---
>> 
>> Most of it comes from $libdir, specifically:
>> 
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> $ du -s
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/*|sort
>> -k1 -n| tail 23756
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/haskeline-0.8.2
>> 28776
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/text-1.2.4.1
>> 47664
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/containers-0.6.5.1
>> 48428
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-prim-0.6.1
>> 50768
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghci-8.10.7
>> 54100
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/template-haskell-2.16.0.0
>> 80200
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/bin
>> 151868
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/base-4.14.3.0
>> 426416
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/Cabal-3.2.1.0
>> 538168
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7
>> $ du -s
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/*|sort
>> -k1 -n|tail 652
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/Llvm
>> 716
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/SPARC
>> 1108
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/RegAlloc
>> 2256
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.dyn_hi
>> 2256
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.hi
>> 2256
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.p_hi
>> 23724
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/GHC
>> 90908
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7-ghc8.10.7.so
>> 127908
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7.a
>> 225972
>> /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7_p.a
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> 
>> Can we at least (re)move those ‘.a’ files?
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> Ludo’.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
> Shouldn't `.a` be split to a static lib output?

In Guix they aren't used typically (everything gets linked dynamically);
at 1 GiB+ I think it's fair to get rid of them.

Thanks,

Maxim
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Message #14 received at 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: raingloom <raingloom <at> riseup.net>, 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51928: GHC 8.10 occupies 1.6 GiB
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:03:38 +0100

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> In Guix they aren't used typically (everything gets linked dynamically);

I think they’re used for ‘pandoc’.

Also, in general, we don’t want to make static linking impossible, so we
could move .a files to a separate output as for ‘glibc’.

Ludo’.
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From: raingloom <raingloom <at> riseup.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#51928: GHC 8.10 occupies 1.6 GiB
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:45:28 +0100

On Sun, 28 Nov 2021 18:03:38 +0100
Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skribis:
> 
> > In Guix they aren't used typically (everything gets linked
> > dynamically);  
> 
> I think they’re used for ‘pandoc’.
> 
> Also, in general, we don’t want to make static linking impossible, so
> we could move .a files to a separate output as for ‘glibc’.
> 
> Ludo’.

If I recall correctly there was a discussion some months back about
Haskell binaries being smaller when linked statically.
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Message #20 received at 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, Ricardo Wurmus
 <rekado <at> elephly.net>, Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net>
Cc: 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51928: GHC 8.10 occupies 1.6 GiB
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:42:56 +0200

Hi,

Old bug#51928:

    https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/51928

still current.

On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 at 22:15, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> $ guix describe
> Generacio 194	Nov 07 2021 23:40:30	(nuna)
>   guix bd41e59
>     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>     branch: master
>     commit: bd41e590dd24e54797fb8b6854c244efd4d12df5

> $ guix size ghc <at> 8.10
> total: 1831.0 MiB

> $ du -s /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/*|sort -k1 -n| tail
> 23756   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/haskeline-0.8.2
> 28776   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/text-1.2.4.1
> 47664   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/containers-0.6.5.1
> 48428   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-prim-0.6.1
> 50768   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghci-8.10.7
> 54100   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/template-haskell-2.16.0.0
> 80200   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/bin
> 151868  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/base-4.14.3.0
> 426416  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/Cabal-3.2.1.0
> 538168  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7

> $ du -s /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/*|sort -k1 -n|tail
> 652     /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/Llvm
> 716     /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/SPARC
> 1108    /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/RegAlloc
> 2256    /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.dyn_hi
> 2256    /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.hi
> 2256    /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/DynFlags.p_hi
> 23724   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/GHC
> 90908   /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7-ghc8.10.7.so
> 127908  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7.a
> 225972  /gnu/store/ifr4svr31053fgqay0il5acipl7b6579-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7_p.a

Today, it is the same for all GHC versions:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix describe
Generation 28	Sep 06 2023 14:54:50	(current)
  guix 6113e05
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    commit: 6113e0529d61df7425f64e30a6bf77f7cfdfe5a5

$ for v in $(guix show ghc | recsel -CP version); do printf "ghc@$v  "; guix size ghc@$v | grep total: ;done
ghc <at> 9.2.5  total: 1814.6 MiB
ghc <at> 9.0.2  total: 1742.9 MiB
ghc <at> 8.10.7  total: 1774.3 MiB
ghc <at> 8.8.4  total: 1847.2 MiB
ghc <at> 8.6.5  total: 1603.0 MiB
ghc <at> 8.4.4  total: 1801.3 MiB
ghc <at> 8.0.2  total: 1505.0 MiB
ghc <at> 7.10.3  total: 1275.9 MiB
ghc <at> 6.10.4  total: 303.2 MiB
ghc <at> 6.6  total: 444.4 MiB
ghc <at> 6.0  total: 286.5 MiB
ghc <at> 4.08.2  total: 233.9 MiB

$ for v in $(guix show ghc | recsel -CP version); do echo ""; du -sh $(guix build ghc@$v | grep -v doc)/lib/ghc-$v/ghc-$v/* | sort -h -k1 | tail -3 ;done
94M	/gnu/store/x0q2jmg4pfy0wjxdz8l4apsp1yg2sm2c-ghc-9.2.5/lib/ghc-9.2.5/ghc-9.2.5/GHC
133M	/gnu/store/x0q2jmg4pfy0wjxdz8l4apsp1yg2sm2c-ghc-9.2.5/lib/ghc-9.2.5/ghc-9.2.5/libHSghc-9.2.5.a
231M	/gnu/store/x0q2jmg4pfy0wjxdz8l4apsp1yg2sm2c-ghc-9.2.5/lib/ghc-9.2.5/ghc-9.2.5/libHSghc-9.2.5_p.a

86M	/gnu/store/n2apysbmkmpywd6xfs2g1jigmlr7kb9v-ghc-9.0.2/lib/ghc-9.0.2/ghc-9.0.2/GHC
120M	/gnu/store/n2apysbmkmpywd6xfs2g1jigmlr7kb9v-ghc-9.0.2/lib/ghc-9.0.2/ghc-9.0.2/libHSghc-9.0.2.a
208M	/gnu/store/n2apysbmkmpywd6xfs2g1jigmlr7kb9v-ghc-9.0.2/lib/ghc-9.0.2/ghc-9.0.2/libHSghc-9.0.2_p.a

80M	/gnu/store/4f4rva7ga15srz70jxdzrzv8w19y0zbn-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7-ghc8.10.7.so
125M	/gnu/store/4f4rva7ga15srz70jxdzrzv8w19y0zbn-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7.a
221M	/gnu/store/4f4rva7ga15srz70jxdzrzv8w19y0zbn-ghc-8.10.7/lib/ghc-8.10.7/ghc-8.10.7/libHSghc-8.10.7_p.a

78M	/gnu/store/j2dcjp1s6y4xy1m8xxw15wgcphq3ncp6-ghc-8.8.4/lib/ghc-8.8.4/ghc-8.8.4/libHSghc-8.8.4-ghc8.8.4.so
122M	/gnu/store/j2dcjp1s6y4xy1m8xxw15wgcphq3ncp6-ghc-8.8.4/lib/ghc-8.8.4/ghc-8.8.4/libHSghc-8.8.4.a
215M	/gnu/store/j2dcjp1s6y4xy1m8xxw15wgcphq3ncp6-ghc-8.8.4/lib/ghc-8.8.4/ghc-8.8.4/libHSghc-8.8.4_p.a

73M	/gnu/store/7gjfmdf5ifvki06msjx8ygf4j40x4k49-ghc-8.6.5/lib/ghc-8.6.5/ghc-8.6.5/libHSghc-8.6.5-ghc8.6.5.so
115M	/gnu/store/7gjfmdf5ifvki06msjx8ygf4j40x4k49-ghc-8.6.5/lib/ghc-8.6.5/ghc-8.6.5/libHSghc-8.6.5.a
204M	/gnu/store/7gjfmdf5ifvki06msjx8ygf4j40x4k49-ghc-8.6.5/lib/ghc-8.6.5/ghc-8.6.5/libHSghc-8.6.5_p.a

70M	/gnu/store/8dp1qql6xpjd1jb171zzk4m4h47q1vcm-ghc-8.4.4/lib/ghc-8.4.4/ghc-8.4.4/libHSghc-8.4.4-ghc8.4.4.so
110M	/gnu/store/8dp1qql6xpjd1jb171zzk4m4h47q1vcm-ghc-8.4.4/lib/ghc-8.4.4/ghc-8.4.4/libHSghc-8.4.4.a
189M	/gnu/store/8dp1qql6xpjd1jb171zzk4m4h47q1vcm-ghc-8.4.4/lib/ghc-8.4.4/ghc-8.4.4/libHSghc-8.4.4_p.a

78M	/gnu/store/bg7qkrssd354p9ksjc1c3z0hqgqv2cdm-ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/ghc-8.0.2/libHSghc-8.0.2-ghc8.0.2.so
115M	/gnu/store/bg7qkrssd354p9ksjc1c3z0hqgqv2cdm-ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/ghc-8.0.2/libHSghc-8.0.2.a
183M	/gnu/store/bg7qkrssd354p9ksjc1c3z0hqgqv2cdm-ghc-8.0.2/lib/ghc-8.0.2/ghc-8.0.2/libHSghc-8.0.2_p.a

du: cannot access '/gnu/store/53ngslgf8ami8hbpnn4vzyqwndf5czyi-ghc-7.10.3/lib/ghc-7.10.3/ghc-7.10.3/*': No such file or directory

240K	/gnu/store/46wz64jar8s7mvgwk6r4z1yp545pmgyg-ghc-6.10.4/lib/ghc-6.10.4/ghc-6.10.4/DynFlags.hi
19M	/gnu/store/46wz64jar8s7mvgwk6r4z1yp545pmgyg-ghc-6.10.4/lib/ghc-6.10.4/ghc-6.10.4/HSghc-6.10.4.o
23M	/gnu/store/46wz64jar8s7mvgwk6r4z1yp545pmgyg-ghc-6.10.4/lib/ghc-6.10.4/ghc-6.10.4/libHSghc-6.10.4.a

du: cannot access '/gnu/store/9jzk77qrq0s4sz4mhvr9qmdgpzpi524m-ghc-6.6/lib/ghc-6.6/ghc-6.6/*': Not a directory
du: cannot access '/gnu/store/rqimyicx99fg311sgny8ycm5gf2ns9rx-ghc-6.0/lib/ghc-6.0/ghc-6.0/*': Not a directory
du: cannot access '/gnu/store/i3gwjcxd11xpaqwiibfzlwsk3q0a0qss-ghc-4.08.2/lib/ghc-4.08.2/ghc-4.08.2/*': No such file or directory
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


> Can we at least (re)move those ‘.a’ files?

Well, can we remove these ’.a’ files for the output ’out’ are create
another output, say ’lib’?

Cheers,
simon
Information forwarded to bug-guix <at> gnu.org:
bug#51928; Package guix. (Sat, 23 Sep 2023 06:19:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #23 received at 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 51928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51928: GHC 8.10 occupies 1.6 GiB
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 08:18:09 +0200

Hi,

> still current.

I’m not so sure about that. We link (most/all?) Haskell binaries
(pandoc for example) statically, so none of them should pull in GHC any
more. If they do, that’s a bug.

It’s almost impossible to untangle GHC libraries (and also GHC itself),
since there are circular references between config files, static libraries
and shared libraries. So I believe the solution above is the best we
can do right now.

Cheers,
Lars
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