[GHC] #11205: Validation on ARM fails to due Corex-A8 erratum check

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#11205: Validation on ARM fails to due Corex-A8 erratum check
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        Reporter:  bgamari             |                Owner:
            Type:  bug                 |               Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal              |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Compiler            |              Version:  7.11
      Resolution:                      |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux               |         Architecture:  arm
 Type of failure:  Compile-time crash  |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                      |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                      |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D1599
       Wiki Page:                      |
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Comment (by thomie):

 bindist preparation does not strip binaries. If you find that it does,
 then that is a bug, and I'd like to know which file in `bindistprep/` is
 stripped.

 validate also tries to **install** the binary distribution, by running
 'make install'. Since it doesn't run 'make install-strip', it won't strip
 the installed executables (ghc, ghc-pkg, haddock, etc.). Whether it strips
 libraries (.a and .so files) should depend on the setting of STRIP_CMD.
 There could be a bug here, maybe in Cabal. It would help to know which
 file in  `bindisttest/` is stripped after running `./validate`, when
 `STRIP_CMD=:`.

 Make sure you're using HEAD, not ghc-7.10. Stripping was broken before
 (see ticket:1851#comment:16).

 ticket:10601#comment:4 is also relevant.

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