[GHC] #12661: Testsuite driver fails on Windows

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#12661: Testsuite driver fails on Windows
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        Reporter:  bgamari       |                Owner:
            Type:  bug           |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal        |            Milestone:
       Component:  Test Suite    |              Version:  8.0.1
      Resolution:                |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Windows       |         Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown  |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                |
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Changes (by Phyx-):

 * cc: Phyx (removed)
 * cc: Phyx- (added)
 * owner:  Phyx- =>


Comment:

 Whoops, meant to correct the CC not assign it to myself.

 With 3.4 installed your python 3.4 example should work, can you try the
 repl again with the python 3.4?

 The 2.7 the testsuite is automatically detecting is a big more vague as it
 support multiple compilers https://docs.python.org/2.7/using/windows.html

 Typically on Windows the easiest way to debug such issues is using glfags
 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
 us/library/windows/hardware/ff549557(v=vs.85).aspx which has an option to
 "enable loader snaps" This will tell the kernel to display loader debug
 messages *only* when the process given is running in a debugger.

 But now that you have the VC2008 runtime try the 3.4 repl (unless that's
 the one you said still doesn't work?) I'll check the dependency chain when
 I get home.

 Usually the python installer takes care of all of this, but I guess
 because python was installed via pacman it can't pull in the MSVCRT
 dependencies.

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