[GHC] #7097: linker fails to load package with binding to foreign library

[GHC]

#7097: linker fails to load package with binding to foreign library
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    Reporter:  nus             |       Owner:              
        Type:  bug             |      Status:  new         
    Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:              
   Component:  Runtime System  |     Version:  7.4.2       
    Keywords:                  |          Os:  Windows     
Architecture:  x86             |     Failure:  None/Unknown
  Difficulty:  Unknown         |    Testcase:              
   Blockedby:                  |    Blocking:              
     Related:  #2283 #3242     |  
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Changes (by nus):

  * related:  2283 => #2283 #3242


Comment:

 The confusion source is a similar bug #3242, where a reference to an
 undefined symbol `_copysignf` is found in the partially linked object file
 `HSieee754-0.7.3.o` of the `ieee754` package. The undefined symbol
 reference doesn't come directly from a MinGW-w64 stub library, though.

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