[GHC] #7339: GHC fails to build from source on Alpha

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#7339: GHC fails to build from source on Alpha
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  Reporter:  creemj               |          Owner:  igloo  
      Type:  bug                  |         Status:  closed 
  Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:  7.8.1  
 Component:  Compiler             |        Version:  7.6.1  
Resolution:  fixed                |       Keywords:         
        Os:  Linux                |   Architecture:  alpha  
   Failure:  Building GHC failed  |     Difficulty:  Unknown
  Testcase:                       |      Blockedby:         
  Blocking:                       |        Related:         
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Comment(by simonmar):

 I preferred @slyfox's fix, FWIW.  We don't want to get into the game of
 having to enumerate all the possible architectures that we might need to
 port to, it's better to just assume that every unknown architecture has
 alignment constraints.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7339#comment:14>
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