[GHC] #755: GHC 6.4.2 crashes frequently on OSX Tiger 10.4.6

[GHC]

#755: GHC 6.4.2 crashes frequently on OSX Tiger 10.4.6
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  Reporter:  guest     |          Owner:         
      Type:  bug       |         Status:  new    
  Priority:  high      |      Milestone:  6.4.2  
 Component:  Compiler  |        Version:  6.4.2  
  Severity:  major     |     Resolution:         
  Keywords:  crash     |             Os:  MacOS X
Difficulty:  Unknown   |   Architecture:  powerpc
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Comment (by guest):

 Here's a case where Thread 1 crashes. (compiling darcs)...

 {{{
 Host Name:      Cube
 Date/Time:      2006-04-25 14:32:59.293 -0400
 OS Version:     10.4.6 (Build 8I127)
 Report Version: 4

 Command: ghc-6.4.2
 Path:    /opt/local/lib/ghc-6.4.2/ghc-6.4.2
 Parent:  sh [16077]

 Version: ??? (???)

 PID:    16078
 Thread: 1

 Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
 Codes:      KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x80560000

 Thread 0:
 0   libSystem.B.dylib   0x9002c128 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 8
 1   libSystem.B.dylib   0x90030bec pthread_cond_wait + 480
 2   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aadbf4 0x1000 + 11193332
 3   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aae0a8 0x1000 + 11194536
 4   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5f964 0x1000 + 10873188
 5   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a6077c 0x1000 + 10876796
 6   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a60634 0x1000 + 10876468
 7   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a8bf24 0x1000 + 11054884
 8   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a37818 0x1000 + 10709016
 9   ghc-6.4.2           0x0000239c 0x1000 + 5020
 10  ghc-6.4.2           0x00002244 0x1000 + 4676

 Thread 1 Crashed:
 0   <<00000000>>        0x80560000 0 + -2141847552
 1   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5fb9c 0x1000 + 10873756
 2   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5f85c 0x1000 + 10872924
 3   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aadc58 0x1000 + 11193432
 4   libSystem.B.dylib   0x9002ba68 _pthread_body + 96

 Thread 2:
 0   libSystem.B.dylib   0x9002c128 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 8
 1   libSystem.B.dylib   0x90030bec pthread_cond_wait + 480
 2   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aadbf4 0x1000 + 11193332
 3   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aae0c4 0x1000 + 11194564
 4   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5f964 0x1000 + 10873188
 5   ghc-6.4.2           0x00a5f85c 0x1000 + 10872924
 6   ghc-6.4.2           0x00aadc58 0x1000 + 11193432
 7   libSystem.B.dylib   0x9002ba68 _pthread_body + 96

 Thread 1 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
   srr0: 0x0000000080560000 srr1: 0x000000004000d030
 vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
     cr: 0x48000224          xer: 0x0000000000000000   lr:
 0x0000000000aa9098  ctr: 0x0000000080560000
     r0: 0x0000000001f5bfe0   r1: 0x00000000f007ec50   r2:
 0x00000000009e5034   r3: 0x0000000000c2d098
     r4: 0x0000000000000000   r5: 0x0000000000000000   r6:
 0x00000000ffffffff   r7: 0x0000000000000001
     r8: 0x0000000000000002   r9: 0x0000000001f5c000  r10:
 0x00000000a000c228  r11: 0x0000000001f5bff8
    r12: 0x0000000090001520  r13: 0x0000000001bbf148  r14:
 0x0000000000a484c4  r15: 0x0000000000a484c4
    r16: 0x0000000000a379e4  r17: 0x0000000000be0094  r18:
 0x0000000001bc9174  r19: 0x0000000000bdcbb4
    r20: 0x0000000000bdcbb4  r21: 0x0000000000bdcbb4  r22:
 0x0000000001f5bfe8  r23: 0x0000000001bbf0c0
    r24: 0x0000000001e8f08c  r25: 0x0000000001bca4b0  r26:
 0x0000000001bcafff  r27: 0x0000000000c2d098
    r28: 0x0000000000000000  r29: 0x0000000080560000  r30:
 0x0000000001bca04c  r31: 0x0000000001bca048

 Binary Images Description:
     0x1000 -   0xb7afff ghc-6.4.2       /opt/local/lib/ghc-6.4.2/ghc-6.4.2
   0xc37000 -   0xc58fff libreadline.5.0.dylib
 /opt/local/lib/libreadline.5.0.dylib
   0xe05000 -   0xe32fff libgmp.3.dylib  /opt/local/lib/libgmp.3.dylib
 0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe51fff dyld 44.4       /usr/lib/dyld
 0x90000000 - 0x901bbfff libSystem.B.dylib       /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
 0x90213000 - 0x90218fff libmathCommon.A.dylib
 /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
 0x965c1000 - 0x965effff libncurses.5.4.dylib
 /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib


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