[GHC] #16053: GHC build regression ("HSghc-prim-0.5.3.p_o: copyFile: does not exist")

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#16053: GHC build regression ("HSghc-prim-0.5.3.p_o: copyFile: does not exist")
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        Reporter:  hvr               |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  highest           |            Milestone:  8.8.1
       Component:  Build System      |              Version:  8.7
  (make)                             |
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Building GHC      |  Unknown/Multiple
  failed                             |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D5169
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Changes (by bgamari):

 * cc: watashi (added)
 * status:  closed => new
 * resolution:  fixed =>


Comment:

 Unfortunately it Phab:D5169 did not appear to fix this in all cases: the
 binary distributions produced by CI using the `perf` flavour still fail in
 `make install` with:
 {{{
 "utils/ghc-cabal/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-cabal-bindist" copy libraries
 /ghc-prim dist-install "strip" '' '/home/ben/tmp2/ghc-8.7.20181230/hi'
 '/home/ben/tmp2/ghc-8.7.20181230/hi/lib/ghc-8.7.20181230'
 '/home/ben/tmp2/ghc-8.7.20181230/hi/share/doc/ghc-8.7.20181230/html/libraries'
 'v p dyn'
 Installing library in
 /home/ben/tmp2/ghc-8.7.20181230/hi/lib/ghc-8.7.20181230/ghc-prim-0.5.3
 dist-install/build/HSghc-prim-0.5.3.o: copyFile: does not exist (No such
 file or directory)
 }}}

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