[GHC] #9845: GHC API evaluating some Cabal code fails with SegFault if executable is compiled statically

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#9845: GHC API evaluating some Cabal code fails with SegFault if executable is
compiled statically
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              Reporter:              |            Owner:
  JeanPhilippeMoresmau               |           Status:  merge
                  Type:  bug         |        Milestone:
              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.8.3
             Component:  GHC API     |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
       Type of failure:  Runtime     |  Related Tickets:  #9480, #8935,
  crash                              |  #8376
             Test Case:              |
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:              |
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Changes (by trommler):

 * status:  infoneeded => merge


Comment:

 Any chance the fix for #8935 could still be merged into 7.8.4?

 A cherry pick would result in a conflict in `Linker.lhs` so you might want
 to try the patch attached to this ticket.

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