ppc64le build producing 50MB executables

build/linux.ppc64le/Dockerfile

+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+
+ENV TARGET powerpc64le-linux-gnu
+ENV TARGETNAME linux.ppc64le
+
+# Build dependencies
+USER root
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ghc automake autoconf build-essential llvm curl qemu-user-static gcc-$TARGET
+
+# Build GHC
+WORKDIR /ghc
+RUN curl -L "https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.10.4/ghc-8.10.4-src.tar.xz" | tar xJ --strip-components=1
+RUN ./boot && ./configure --host x86_64-linux-gnu --build x86_64-linux-gnu --target "$TARGET" --enable-unregisterised
+RUN cp mk/flavours/quick-cross.mk mk/build.mk && make -j "$(nproc)"
+RUN make install
+RUN curl -L "https://downloads.haskell.org/~cabal/cabal-install-3.2.0.0/cabal-install-3.2.0.0-x86_64-unknown-linux.tar.xz" | tar xJv -C /usr/local/bin
+
+# Due to an apparent cabal bug, we specify our options directly to cabal
+# It won't reuse caches if ghc-options are specified in ~/.cabal/config
+ENV CABALOPTS "--ghc-options;-optl-Wl,-fuse-ld=bfd -split-sections -optc-Os -optc-Wl,--gc-sections;--with-ghc=$TARGET-ghc;--with-hc-pkg=$TARGET-ghc-pkg"
+
+# Prebuild the dependencies
+#RUN cabal update && IFS=';' && cabal install $CABALOPTS --lib Diff-0.4.0 base-compat-0.11.2 base-orphans-0.8.4 dlist-1.0 hashable-1.3.0.0 indexed-traversable-0.1.1 integer-logarithms-1.0.3.1 primitive-0.7.1.0 regex-base-0.94.0.0 splitmix-0.1.0.3 tagged-0.8.6.1 th-abstraction-0.4.2.0 transformers-compat-0.6.6 base-compat-batteries-0.11.2 time-compat-1.9.5 unordered-containers-0.2.13.0 data-fix-0.3.1 vector-0.12.2.0 scientific-0.3.6.2 regex-tdfa-1.3.1.0 random-1.2.0 distributive-0.6.2.1 attoparsec-0.13.2.5 uuid-types-1.0.3 comonad-5.0.8 bifunctors-5.5.10 assoc-1.0.2 these-1.1.1.1 strict-0.4.0.1 aeson-1.5.5.1
+
+# Copy the build script
+COPY build /usr/bin
+
+WORKDIR /scratch
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/build"]

build/linux.ppc64le/build

+#!/bin/sh
+set -xe
+{
+  tar xzv --strip-components=1
+  ./striptests
+  mkdir "$TARGETNAME"
+  cabal update
+  ( IFS=';'; cabal build $CABALOPTS --enable-executable-static )
+  find . -name shellcheck -type f -exec mv {} "$TARGETNAME/" \;
+  ls -l "$TARGETNAME"
+  "$TARGET-strip" -s "$TARGETNAME/shellcheck"
+  ls -l "$TARGETNAME"
+  qemu-ppc64le-static "$TARGETNAME/shellcheck" --version
+} >&2
+tar czv "$TARGETNAME"

build/linux.ppc64le/tag

+koalaman/scbuilder-linux-ppc64le