[GHC] #5899: RTS crash w/ strange closure type 603975781 on OS X 10.8

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#5899: RTS crash w/ strange closure type 603975781 on OS X 10.8
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    Reporter:  dylukes                                     |       Owner:               
        Type:  bug                                         |      Status:  new          
    Priority:  high                                        |   Milestone:  7.4.2        
   Component:  Runtime System                              |     Version:  7.4.1        
    Keywords:  rts, strange closure, internal error, os x  |          Os:  MacOS X      
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)                              |     Failure:  Runtime crash
  Difficulty:  Unknown                                     |    Testcase:               
   Blockedby:                                              |    Blocking:               
     Related:                                              |  
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Changes (by simonpj):

 * cc: gdr@… (added)


Comment:

 We seem stuck here.  Mabye it's even a linker bug.
  * It is documented not to do this
  * Surely other systems also rely on the linker not randomly re-laying out
 code

 We could do with help from a linker expert.  Gaby dos Reis perhaps?

 Simon

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