[GHC] #13373: Handle long file paths on Windows

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#13373: Handle long file paths on Windows
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        Reporter:  ezyang            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  libraries/base    |              Version:  8.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Windows           |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by joeyhess):

 My software is afflicted by this problem on Windows. While the manifest
 file approach is only a partial solution, it would be good to at least not
 have the problem on Windows 10.

 And, it seems fairly unintrusive to enable it. ghc already embeds a
 manifest on windows for https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1271 , so
 could longPathAware be added to it?

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