[GHC] #7889: Build Error (master branch)

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#7889: Build Error (master branch)
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    Reporter:  cg31               |       Owner:                  
        Type:  bug                |      Status:  new             
    Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:                  
   Component:  libraries (other)  |     Version:  7.6.3           
    Keywords:  gmp                |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  x86                |     Failure:  None/Unknown    
  Difficulty:  Unknown            |    Testcase:                  
   Blockedby:                     |    Blocking:                  
     Related:                     |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * difficulty:  => Unknown


Old description:

> I got this error while building the master branch.
> System is Windows 8 64-bit. Code grabbed from github.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
> Loading package integer-gmp ... ghc-stage2.exe: panic! (the 'impossible'
> happened)
>   (GHC version 7.7.20130504 for i386-unknown-mingw32):
>         loadArchive "z:\\Lang\\Haskell\\ghc_files\\git\\libraries
> \\integer-gmp\\dist-install\\build\\libHSinteger-gmp-0.5.1.0.a": failed
>
> Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
>
> ghc-stage2.exe: Unknown PEi386 section name `.drectve' (while processing:
> z:\Lang\Haskell\ghc_files\git\libraries\integer-gmp\dist-install\build
> \libHSinteger-gmp-0.5.1.0.a)
> make[1]: *** [libraries/vector/dist-
> install/build/Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Monadic.o] Error 1
> make: *** [all] Error 2

New description:

 I got this error while building the master branch.
 System is Windows 8 64-bit. Code grabbed from github.
 {{{
 Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
 Loading package integer-gmp ... ghc-stage2.exe: panic! (the 'impossible'
 happened)
   (GHC version 7.7.20130504 for i386-unknown-mingw32):
         loadArchive "z:\\Lang\\Haskell\\ghc_files\\git\\libraries
 \\integer-gmp\\dist-install\\build\\libHSinteger-gmp-0.5.1.0.a": failed

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

 ghc-stage2.exe: Unknown PEi386 section name `.drectve' (while processing:
 z:\Lang\Haskell\ghc_files\git\libraries\integer-gmp\dist-install\build
 \libHSinteger-gmp-0.5.1.0.a)
 make[1]: *** [libraries/vector/dist-
 install/build/Data/Vector/Fusion/Stream/Monadic.o] Error 1
 make: *** [all] Error 2
 }}}

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