[GHC] #16107: Update GCC compiler & friends

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Tue Jan 22 23:41:24 UTC 2019


#16107: Update GCC compiler & friends
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        Reporter:  flip101           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.10.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.6.3
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Operating System:  Windows           |         Architecture:
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Comment (by Phyx-):

 I've intentionally not updated them because mingw-w64 have not been able
 to release the 32-bit version of the toolchain due to a stage3 failure for
 GCC 8 and now 9.

 Originally no GCC 8 builds were available, I fixed this with upstream and
 the 64-bits were released but the 32-bit ones are still failing
 https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2019-01/msg00178.html which is what I'm working
 on with upstream now.

 The problem is I don't particularly want a different toolchain and runtime
 for the 32-bit and 64-bit toolchains as it'll be confusing for the users
 but also we don't test the 32-bit ones often, so we'll likely to break it
 with a different toolchain.

 If we want to update before the tarballs are released by mingw-w64 we'll
 have to spin our own binaries disabling the ada bootstrap.

 the CRT I haven't updated due to a weird behavior with NaN and INF in a
 testcase, though that may have been fixed now. Haven't checked yet.

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