[GHC] #8935: Obscure linker bug leads to crash in GHCi

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#8935: Obscure linker bug leads to crash in GHCi
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        Reporter:  simonmar          |            Owner:  simonmar
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  infoneeded
        Priority:  high              |        Milestone:  7.8.3
       Component:  Runtime System    |          Version:  7.8.1-rc2
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  GHCi crash        |       Difficulty:  Rocket Science
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by dagit):

 {{{
 $ readelf -h /usr/lib64/libgmp.so.10
 ELF Header:
   Magic:   7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
   Class:                             ELF64
   Data:                              2's complement, little endian
   Version:                           1 (current)
   OS/ABI:                            UNIX - System V
   ABI Version:                       0
   Type:                              DYN (Shared object file)
   Machine:                           Advanced Micro Devices X86-64
   Version:                           0x1
   Entry point address:               0x31fba0c080
   Start of program headers:          64 (bytes into file)
   Start of section headers:          488144 (bytes into file)
   Flags:                             0x0
   Size of this header:               64 (bytes)
   Size of program headers:           56 (bytes)
   Number of program headers:         7
   Size of section headers:           64 (bytes)
   Number of section headers:         31
   Section header string table index: 30
 }}}

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