p/ghc/debian/changelog

 ghc (8.6.5+dfsg1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Ilias Tsitsimpis ]
   * Use ghc-8.4 as the bootstrap compiler and drop the
     fix-build-using-unregisterized-v8.2 patch (Closes: #921579)
   * Allow unregisterised ghc-8.4 to build newer GHC (Closes: #932941)
@@ -8,6 +9,13 @@ ghc (8.6.5+dfsg1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
     reporting this (Closes: #933009)
   * Backport upstream patch to fix a bug where an unregisterised GHC failed to
     compile some libraries (e.g., gloss, juicypixels) on 64-bit architectures.
+  * Add powerpc to ld.bdf linker architectures (Closes: #913878)
+
+  [ Gianfranco Costamagna ]
+  * Disable also ld.gold on powerpcspe (already done in previous uploads
+    Closes: #904915)
+  * Do not apply unregistered build patch, its already part of upstream
+    codebase (Closes: #890763)
 
  -- Ilias Tsitsimpis <iliastsi@debian.org>  Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:59:31 +0300
 

p/ghc/debian/rules

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ endif
 # once #901947 has been fixed.
 # Do the same for powerpcspe, due to https://bugs.debian.org/904915
 # Do the same for sparc64, due to https://bugs.debian.org/908998
-ifneq (,$(filter mips mipsel powerpcspe sparc64, $(DEB_HOST_ARCH)))
+ifneq (,$(filter mips mipsel powerpc powerpcspe sparc64, $(DEB_HOST_ARCH)))
   EXTRA_CONFIGURE_FLAGS += --disable-ld-override
 endif