[GHC] #10099: cabal install broken with ghc 7.10.1-rc2

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#10099: cabal install broken with ghc 7.10.1-rc2
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        Reporter:  trommler          |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  highest           |               Milestone:  7.10.1
       Component:  Package system    |                 Version:  7.10.1-rc2
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |            Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Runtime crash     |  Unknown/Multiple
      Blocked By:                    |               Test Case:
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Comment (by trommler):

 Replying to [comment:2 George]:
 > Did you build 7.10-rc2 or install it from a binary?
 I built ghc from the source tarball and then again with the resulting ghc.
 So my ghc was bootstrapped with ghc 7.10.1-rc2.
 >
 > I don't have this problem and have had none with cabal install. I
 installed from a binary.
 >
 >  cabal install primitive
 > Resolving dependencies...
 > All the requested packages are already installed:
 > primitive-0.5.4.0
 > Use --reinstall if you want to reinstall anyway.
 >
 > $ ghc-pkg list
 > /usr/local/lib/ghc-7.10.0.20150123/package.conf.d:
 > [...]
 > /Users/gcolpitts/.ghc/x86_64-darwin-7.10.0.20150123/package.conf.d:
 > [...]
 >     primitive-0.5.4.0
 You have primitive installed already, I don't.

 Here is my ghc info:
 {{{
 $ ghc --info
  [("Project name","The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System")
  ,("GCC extra via C opts"," -fwrapv")
  ,("C compiler command","/usr/bin/gcc")
  ,("C compiler flags"," -fno-stack-protector")
  ,("C compiler link flags","")
  ,("Haskell CPP command","/usr/bin/gcc")
  ,("Haskell CPP flags","-E -undef -traditional ")
  ,("ld command","/usr/bin/ld")
  ,("ld flags","")
  ,("ld supports compact unwind","YES")
  ,("ld supports build-id","YES")
  ,("ld supports filelist","NO")
  ,("ld is GNU ld","YES")
  ,("ar command","/usr/bin/ar")
  ,("ar flags","q")
  ,("ar supports at file","YES")
  ,("touch command","touch")
  ,("dllwrap command","/bin/false")
  ,("windres command","/bin/false")
  ,("libtool command","libtool")
  ,("perl command","/usr/bin/perl")
  ,("target os","OSLinux")
  ,("target arch","ArchX86_64")
  ,("target word size","8")
  ,("target has GNU nonexec stack","True")
  ,("target has .ident directive","True")
  ,("target has subsections via symbols","False")
  ,("Unregisterised","NO")
  ,("LLVM llc command","/usr/bin/llc")
  ,("LLVM opt command","/usr/bin/opt")
  ,("Project version","7.10.0.20150123")
  ,("Project Git commit id","174082ffeb69b2f9df19e7af7b63a331dd074145")
  ,("Booter version","7.10.0.20150123")
  ,("Stage","2")
  ,("Build platform","x86_64-unknown-linux")
  ,("Host platform","x86_64-unknown-linux")
  ,("Target platform","x86_64-unknown-linux")
  ,("Have interpreter","YES")
  ,("Object splitting supported","YES")
  ,("Have native code generator","YES")
  ,("Support SMP","YES")
  ,("Tables next to code","YES")
  ,("RTS ways","l debug thr thr_debug thr_l thr_p dyn debug_dyn thr_dyn
 thr_debug_dyn l_dyn thr_l_dyn")
  ,("Support dynamic-too","YES")
  ,("Support parallel --make","YES")
  ,("Support reexported-modules","YES")
  ,("Support thinning and renaming package flags","YES")
  ,("Uses package keys","YES")
  ,("Dynamic by default","NO")
  ,("GHC Dynamic","YES")
  ,("Leading underscore","NO")
  ,("Debug on","False")
  ,("LibDir","/usr/lib64/ghc-7.10.0.20150123")
  ,("Global Package DB","/usr/lib64/ghc-7.10.0.20150123/package.conf.d")
  ]
 }}}

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