[GHC] #8139: ghc 7.6.3 and ghc HEAD fails to build on OS X 10.9

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#8139: ghc 7.6.3 and ghc HEAD fails to build on OS X 10.9
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        Reporter:  darinmorrison     |            Owner:  darinmorrison
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  highest           |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.7
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  MacOS X           |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Type of failure:  Building GHC      |       Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1
  failed                             |  hour)
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by darinmorrison):

 Replying to [comment:13 george.colpitts]:
 > Thanks, sounds like we are all set. Sorry for any confusion I may
 caused.

 No worries :]

 If you're still trying to get it to work, I'd suggest trying the homebrew
 tap I pointed to (http://github.com/darinmorrison/homebrew-haskell). It
 should "just work" on 10.8 and 10.9 with or without Xcode 5.

 Another option is to download the existing bindist from the GHC website
 and edit the SETTINGS file in the source tree. In that case, you'd have to
 change "C Compiler Command" to something other than "gcc" (which now
 points to clang). If it were me, I'd either just use the apple-gcc42 or
 gcc49 from homebrew. Modifying this entry in SETTINGS will fix random
 breakage when building Haskell packages with the bindist (caused by GHC
 using clang for CPP).

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