[GHC] #7695: Hang when locale-archive and gconv-modules are not there

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#7695: Hang when locale-archive and gconv-modules are not there
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              Reporter:  hpd         |            Owner:
                  Type:  bug         |           Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:  7.10.1
             Component:  None        |          Version:  7.8.1
            Resolution:              |         Keywords:
      Operating System:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Type of failure:  Runtime     |       Blocked By:
  crash                              |  Related Tickets:  #8977
             Test Case:              |
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:              |
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Comment (by trommler):

 Replying to [comment:11 trommler]:
 > Replying to [comment:10 thomie]:
 > > Strange. When I run the commands from the description with ghc-7.8.3,
 cpu goes indeed to 100% and the process never finishes. When I do the same
 with HEAD, everything works fine. I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 x86_64.
 > Strange. Perhaps I will try again with a freshly checked out tree. I am
 never sure if the submodules worked out right. But blame that on my lack
 of git skills.
 On a fresh clone of HEAD at 41c3545 I still see the issue on openSUSE 13.2
 i586.

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