[GHC] #7103: Compiler panic, when loading wxc in GHCi

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#7103: Compiler panic, when loading wxc in GHCi
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              Reporter:  Henk-Jan    |            Owner:
                  Type:  bug         |           Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:  7.10.1
             Component:  GHCi        |          Version:  7.4.2
            Resolution:              |         Keywords:
      Operating System:  Windows     |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
       Type of failure:  GHCi crash  |       Difficulty:  Unknown
             Test Case:              |       Blocked By:  3658
              Blocking:              |  Related Tickets:
Differential Revisions:              |
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Comment (by razvan.panda):

 Confirming bug on GHC 7.8.3 (Haskell Platform) Windows 8.1 64 bit:


 {{{
 Loading package network-2.6.0.2 ... ghc.exe: panic! (the 'impossible'
 happened)
   (GHC version 7.8.3 for x86_64-unknown-mingw32):
         loadArchive "c:/Program Files/Haskell
 Platform/2014.2.0.0/mingw/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\\libws2_32.a": failed

 Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

 ghc.exe: Unknown PEi386 section name `.idata$4' (while processing:
 c:/Program Files/Haskell
 Platform/2014.2.0.0/mingw/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib\libws2_32.a)
 cabal.exe: Error: some packages failed to install:
 persistent-1.3.3 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
 ExitFailure 1
 persistent-template-1.3.2.2 depends on persistent-1.3.3 which failed to
 install.
 yesod-form-1.3.16 depends on persistent-1.3.3 which failed to install.
 yesod-markdown-0.9.2 depends on persistent-1.3.3 which failed to install.
 yesod-persistent-1.2.3.1 depends on persistent-1.3.3 which failed to
 install.
 }}}

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