[GHC] #9712: package "primitive" fails to install under msys2-i686 (Windows)

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#9712: package "primitive" fails to install under msys2-i686 (Windows)
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       Reporter:  gintas   |                   Owner:
           Type:  bug      |                  Status:  new
       Priority:  normal   |               Milestone:
      Component:  None     |                 Version:  7.9
       Keywords:           |        Operating System:  Windows
   Architecture:  x86      |         Type of failure:  None/Unknown
     Difficulty:  Unknown  |               Test Case:
     Blocked By:           |                Blocking:
Related Tickets:           |  Differential Revisions:
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 If you follow the instructions for a 32-bit installation at
 https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Preparation/Windows,
 installation of alex fails. Not sure if this is an issue with alex or with
 the environment. Transcript:

 $ cabal install alex
 Resolving dependencies...
 Downloading primitive-0.5.4.0...
 Configuring primitive-0.5.4.0...
 Failed to install primitive-0.5.4.0
 Build log (
 C:\Users\Gintas\AppData\Roaming\cabal\logs\primitive-0.5.4.0.log ):
 [1 of 1] Compiling Main             (
 C:\Users\Gintas\Downloads\msys32\tmp\primitive-0.5.4.0-2404\primitive-0.5.4.0\dist\setup\setup.hs,
 C:\Users\Gintas\Downloads\msys32\tmp\primitive-0.5.4.0-2404\primitive-0.5.4.0\dist\setup\Main.o
 )
 Linking
 C:\Users\Gintas\Downloads\msys32\tmp\primitive-0.5.4.0-2404\primitive-0.5.4.0\dist\setup\setup.exe
 ...
 Configuring primitive-0.5.4.0...
 setup-Simple-Cabal-1.18.1.3-i386-windows-ghc-7.8.3.exe: Missing dependency
 on
 a foreign library:
 * Missing (or bad) header file: primitive-memops.h
 This problem can usually be solved by installing the system package that
 provides this library (you may need the "-dev" version). If the library is
 already installed but in a non-standard location then you can use the
 flags
 --extra-include-dirs= and --extra-lib-dirs= to specify where it is.
 If the header file does exist, it may contain errors that are caught by
 the C
 compiler at the preprocessing stage. In this case you can re-run configure
 with the verbosity flag -v3 to see the error messages.

 The primitive-memops.h file seems to be part of "primitive" itself.

 Passing in -v3 does not print anything interesting.

 $ cabal --version
 cabal-install version 1.20.0.3
 using version 1.20.0.1 of the Cabal library

 $ cabal get primitive && cd primitive-* && cabal configure && cabal build
 Unpacking to primitive-0.5.4.0\
 Resolving dependencies...
 Configuring primitive-0.5.4.0...
 Building primitive-0.5.4.0...
 Preprocessing library primitive-0.5.4.0...
 [ 1 of 10] Compiling Data.Primitive.Internal.Compat (
 Data\Primitive\Internal\Compat.hs,
 dist\build\Data\Primitive\Internal\Compat.o )
 [ 2 of 10] Compiling Data.Primitive.MachDeps ( Data\Primitive\MachDeps.hs,
 dist\build\Data\Primitive\MachDeps.o )
 [ 3 of 10] Compiling Data.Primitive.Internal.Operations (
 Data\Primitive\Internal\Operations.hs,
 dist\build\Data\Primitive\Internal\Operations.o )
 [ 4 of 10] Compiling Control.Monad.Primitive ( Control\Monad\Primitive.hs,
 dist\build\Control\Monad\Primitive.o )
 [ 5 of 10] Compiling Data.Primitive.Types ( Data\Primitive\Types.hs,
 dist\build\Data\Primitive\Types.o )
 [ 6 of 10] Compiling Data.Primitive.Array ( Data\Primitive\Array.hs,
 dist\build\Data\Primitive\Array.o )

 Data\Primitive\Array.hs:32:1: Warning:
     The import of `Control.Monad.ST' is redundant
       except perhaps to import instances from `Control.Monad.ST'
     To import instances alone, use: import Control.Monad.ST()
 [ 7 of 10] Compiling Data.Primitive.ByteArray (
 Data\Primitive\ByteArray.hs, dist\build\Data\Primitive\ByteArray.o )
 [ 8 of 10] Compiling Data.Primitive.Addr ( Data\Primitive\Addr.hs,
 dist\build\Data\Primitive\Addr.o )
 [ 9 of 10] Compiling Data.Primitive   ( Data\Primitive.hs,
 dist\build\Data\Primitive.o )
 [10 of 10] Compiling Data.Primitive.MutVar ( Data\Primitive\MutVar.hs,
 dist\build\Data\Primitive\MutVar.o )
 In-place registering primitive-0.5.4.0...

 Any idea what's missing here?

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