[GHC] #16153: ghc 8.6.3 fails to build on macOS Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave (10.12 to 10.14)

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#16153: ghc 8.6.3 fails to build on macOS Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave (10.12 to
10.14)
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        Reporter:  fxcoudert         |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  infoneeded
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.6.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  MacOS X           |         Architecture:  x86_64
 Type of failure:  GHC doesn't work  |  (amd64)
  at all                             |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by fxcoudert):

 Without parallel build, the testsuite still fails:

 {{{
 SUMMARY for test run started at Thu Jan 17 10:51:28 2019 GMT
  2:38:00 spent to go through
     6521 total tests, which gave rise to
    25300 test cases, of which
    18851 were skipped

       28 had missing libraries
     6321 expected passes
       90 expected failures

        0 caused framework failures
        0 caused framework warnings
        1 unexpected passes
        1 unexpected failures
        8 unexpected stat failures

 Unexpected passes:
    driver/should_fail/T12752.run  T12752 [unexpected] (normal)

 Unexpected failures:
    ghci/scripts/ghci063.run  ghci063 [bad stderr] (ghci)

 Unexpected stat failures:
    perf/compiler/T5631.run         T5631 [stat too good] (normal)
    perf/compiler/parsing001.run    parsing001 [stat too good] (normal)
    perf/compiler/T10370.run        T10370 [stat not good enough] (optasm)
    perf/compiler/T9630.run         T9630 [stat not good enough] (normal)
    perf/haddock/haddock.base.run   haddock.base [stat too good] (normal)
    perf/haddock/haddock.Cabal.run  haddock.Cabal [stat too good] (normal)
    perf/should_run/T9203.run       T9203 [stat too good] (normal)
    perf/space_leaks/T4029.run      T4029 [stat not good enough] (ghci)
 }}}


 Full output here:
 https://gist.github.com/fxcoudert/7fe4950fec822a65be59563100655658

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