[GHC] #8520: ghc.exe: internal error: loadArchive: error whilst reading `C'

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#8520: ghc.exe: internal error: loadArchive: error whilst reading `C'
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        Reporter:  awson          |            Owner:
            Type:  bug            |           Status:  new
        Priority:  highest        |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler       |          Version:  7.7
      Resolution:                 |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Windows        |     Architecture:  x86
 Type of failure:  Runtime crash  |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                 |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                 |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by awson):

 The culprit is, I think, you didn't use --split-objs (--enable-split-objs
 for cabal-install) when building packages Agda depends on. I always test
 things to work with --split-objs.

 When I had rebuilt a couple of packages with no --split-objs flag this bug
 "moved further down":
 {{{
 [ 86 of 258] Compiling Agda.TypeChecking.Monad.Base[boot] (
 src\full\Agda\TypeChecking\Monad\Base.hs-boot,
 dist\build\Agda\TypeChecking\Monad\Base.o-boot )
 [ 87 of 258] Compiling Agda.Interaction.Response[boot] (
 src\full\Agda\Interaction\Response.hs-boot,
 dist\build\Agda\Interaction\Response.o-boot )
 [ 88 of 258] Compiling Agda.Interaction.FindFile[boot] (
 src\full\Agda\Interaction\FindFile.hs-boot,
 dist\build\Agda\Interaction\FindFile.o-boot )
 [ 89 of 258] Compiling Agda.Syntax.Abstract (
 src\full\Agda\Syntax\Abstract.hs, dist\build\Agda\Syntax\Abstract.o )
 Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
 Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
 Loading package base ... linking ... done.
 Loading package array-0.5.0.0 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package deepseq-1.3.0.2 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package bytestring-0.10.4.0 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package zlib-0.5.4.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package xhtml-3000.2.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package text-0.11.3.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package hashable-1.2.1.0 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package unordered-containers-0.2.3.3 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package Win32-2.3.0.0 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package filepath-1.3.0.2 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package old-locale-1.0.0.6 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package time-1.4.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package directory-1.2.0.2 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package process-1.2.0.0 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package containers-0.5.3.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package parallel-3.2.0.4 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package old-time-1.1.0.2 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package cpphs-1.17.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package pretty-1.1.1.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package haskell-src-exts-1.14.0 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package transformers-0.3.0.0 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package haskeline-0.7.0.3 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package primitive-0.5.1.0 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package vector-0.10.9.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package hashtables-1.1.2.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package mtl-2.1.2 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package template-haskell ... linking ... done.
 Loading package geniplate-0.6.0.3 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package binary-0.7.1.0 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package random-1.0.1.1 ... linking ... done.
 Loading package QuickCheck-2.6 ... ghc.exe: internal error: loadArchive:
 error whilst reading `C'
     (GHC version 7.7.20131108 for i386_unknown_mingw32)
     Please report this as a GHC bug:
 http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
 }}}

 And I'm almost sure if all dependencies are built without --split-objs the
 bug won't manifest itself.

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