[GHC] #12866: GHC internal error while building darcsden

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#12866: GHC internal error while building darcsden
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           Reporter:  simonmic       |             Owner:
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  8.0.1
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
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 I get an internal error while building darcsden with GHC 8.0.1:

 $ darcs get hub.darcs.net:simon/darcsden-ghc8
 $ cd darcsden-ghc8
 $ stack --stack-yaml=stack-ghc8.yaml build
 ...
 [12 of 56] Compiling DarcsDen.Backend.Transient (
 src/DarcsDen/Backend/Transient.hs, .stack-
 work/dist/i386-linux/Cabal-1.24.0.0/build/DarcsDen/Backend/Transient.o )

 /home/simon/src/darcsden/src/DarcsDen/Backend/Transient.hs:10:33: error:
     • GHC internal error: ‘BackendTransientM’ is not in scope during type
 checking, but it passed the renamer
       tcl_env of environment: [ajE2 :-> Type variable ‘bt’ = bt]
     • In the first argument of ‘MonadIO’, namely ‘BackendTransientM bt’
       In the type ‘(BT bt, MonadIO (BackendTransientM bt))’
       In the type declaration for ‘BTIO’

 /home/simon/src/darcsden/src/DarcsDen/Backend/Transient.hs:44:1: error:
     • Non type-variable argument
         in the constraint: Functor (BackendTransientM bt)
       (Use FlexibleContexts to permit this)
     • In the context: (Functor (BackendTransientM bt),
                        Monad (BackendTransientM bt))
       While checking the super-classes of class ‘BackendTransient’
       In the class declaration for ‘BackendTransient’

 --  While building package darcsden-1.1.99 using:
       /home/simon/.stack/setup-exe-cache/i386-linux/setup-Simple-
 Cabal-1.24.0.0-ghc-8.0.1 --builddir=.stack-
 work/dist/i386-linux/Cabal-1.24.0.0 build lib:darcsden exe:darcsden exe
 :darcsden-post-hook exe:da...
     Process exited with code: ExitFailure 1

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