[GHC] #14291: Tests tend to fail in the ext-interp way when split sections is enabled

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#14291: Tests tend to fail in the ext-interp way when split sections is enabled
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.1
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:  13716
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by bgamari):

 Here is another bisection, this time over the whole tree. Sadly the result
 is just as non-sensical,
 {{{
 git bisect start
 # bad: [4364f1e7543b6803cfaef321105d253e0bdf08a4] Typofixes
 git bisect bad 4364f1e7543b6803cfaef321105d253e0bdf08a4
 # good: [2b5b9dc69e5d0af20b6e7be31638c2e3a1bb765f] Fix typo in base
 changelog
 git bisect good 2b5b9dc69e5d0af20b6e7be31638c2e3a1bb765f
 # good: [af9612bf862daaa99384eefa3059054053ecbee8] Make -w less aggressive
 (Trac #12056)
 git bisect good af9612bf862daaa99384eefa3059054053ecbee8
 # good: [b0285d1fa76769d59e69cb9bf97675868d90a028] Bump nofib submodule
 git bisect good b0285d1fa76769d59e69cb9bf97675868d90a028
 # bad: [dab0e515eadecaee3e9e9f5f8eee3159fa39bb27] Canonicalise Monoid
 instances in GHC
 git bisect bad dab0e515eadecaee3e9e9f5f8eee3159fa39bb27
 # good: [29da01e0a023eea4bbbfd69dd5d854db721233e6] Make parsed AST dump
 output lazily
 git bisect good 29da01e0a023eea4bbbfd69dd5d854db721233e6
 # bad: [8a1de424143f5b75e12976ca739e58fe04ae04d6] Add testcase for #14178
 git bisect bad 8a1de424143f5b75e12976ca739e58fe04ae04d6
 # bad: [a27bb1bd6206bdd5e6004ec1f7e95144a0fcc4d4] base: Add support for
 file unlocking
 git bisect bad a27bb1bd6206bdd5e6004ec1f7e95144a0fcc4d4
 # good: [a6c448b403dbe8720178ca82100f34baedb1f47e] Small refactor of
 getRuntimeRep
 git bisect good a6c448b403dbe8720178ca82100f34baedb1f47e
 # good: [5266ab9059dffa741b172636f50f1fbfd491dbb4] Remove dll-split.
 git bisect good 5266ab9059dffa741b172636f50f1fbfd491dbb4
 # good: [3c6b2fc3b5ca11a5410405664e4640767ef941dd] Fix decomposition error
 on Windows
 git bisect good 3c6b2fc3b5ca11a5410405664e4640767ef941dd
 # good: [f86de44dac0a6ca40c5fcd65f3a1944c45fa6011] ghc-pkg: Try opening
 lockfiles in read-write mode first
 git bisect good f86de44dac0a6ca40c5fcd65f3a1944c45fa6011
 # first bad commit: [a27bb1bd6206bdd5e6004ec1f7e95144a0fcc4d4] base: Add
 support for file unlocking
 }}}

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