[GHC] #7056: GHCi loadArchive "libiconv.a":failed Unknown PEi386 section name `.drectve'

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#7056: GHCi loadArchive "libiconv.a":failed Unknown PEi386 section name `.drectve'
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        Reporter:  songpp   |            Owner:  thoughtpolice
            Type:  bug      |           Status:  new
        Priority:  high     |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  GHCi     |          Version:  7.4.1
      Resolution:           |         Keywords:  loadArchive Unknown PEi386
Operating System:  Windows  |     Architecture:  x86
 Type of failure:  GHCi     |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  crash                     |       Blocked By:  3658
       Test Case:           |  Related Tickets:  #2487, #7103
        Blocking:           |
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Comment (by simonmar):

 We should probably just ignore section names that we don't understand.  I
 think the linker is just being extra paranoid in making sure it
 understands the whole contents of the object file, but this breaks with
 pretty much every new gcc/binutils.

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