[GHC] #8764: Usage of `sed' in GHC build system (Solaris build failure).

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#8764: Usage of `sed' in GHC build system (Solaris build failure).
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        Reporter:  kgardas              |            Owner:
            Type:  bug                  |           Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal               |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  Build System         |          Version:  7.8.1-rc1
      Resolution:                       |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Solaris              |     Architecture:  x86
 Type of failure:  Building GHC failed  |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                       |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                       |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by kgardas):

 The MacOSX looks indeed unrelated. I've been hit by it also during the
 weekend and it was caused probably by some object files lying around from
 previous and different configured build. See #8374

 Solaris issue is interesting, but I'm not able to duplicate it here. So
 yes, I've tested your patch on both Solaris 11.1 and Solaris 10 and both
 are able to compile GHC HEAD well.
 Please keep in mind that I'm minimalistic here, so I configure standard
 Single Unix Spec. v 3 PATH here
 (/usr/xpg6/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb....) and I'm running w/o
 any CSW provided software! My LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable is undefined too.
 The build is configured with just
 {{{
 $ ./configure
 }}}
 and runs fine. Please try to duplicate your issue using my GHC 7.6.3
 distro from here: https://app.box.com/s/2nk7ffnr33lpg7b3mxeh -- unset any
 PATH pointing to /opt/csw. And build with:
 {{{
 $ ./configure
 $ /opt/csw/bin/gmake
 }}}
 BTW: You will probably need to reinstall cabal/alex/happy to be also CSW
 libraries independent, but this is possible with my bindist  provided
 above.

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