[GHC] #8918: Network package doesn't load under GHC 7.8 RC on windows (?)

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#8918: Network package doesn't load under GHC 7.8 RC on windows (?)
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        Reporter:  dmcclean           |            Owner:
            Type:  bug                |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal             |        Milestone:
       Component:  libraries (other)  |          Version:  7.8.1-rc1
      Resolution:                     |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Windows            |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown       |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                     |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                     |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by awson):

 This is a problem in either mingw-w64 (which goes bundled with GHC) or
 with network package (or both).

 Ancient wsiapi functions (absent in all reasonable modern windozes) turned
 to be popped up.

 One of the possible workarounds is thus: replace your <ghc installation
 root>\mingw\x86_64-w64-mingw32\include\wspiapi.h file with an empty file
 and reconfigure and rebuild the network package.

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