[Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#616635: [GHC] #4999: build fails on powerpc: error: 'ObjectCode' has no member named 'misalignment'

[GHC]

#4999: build fails on powerpc:   error: 'ObjectCode' has no member named
'misalignment'
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    Reporter:  nomeata  |       Owner:                     
        Type:  bug      |      Status:  new                
    Priority:  normal   |   Component:  Runtime System     
     Version:  7.0.2    |    Keywords:                     
    Testcase:           |   Blockedby:                     
          Os:  Linux    |    Blocking:                     
Architecture:  powerpc  |     Failure:  Building GHC failed
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Comment(by erikd):

 I have a patch that works (very thoroughly tested) against 7.0.2 which
 I'll add as an attachment.

 I've tried to apply the same patch against GHC HEAD and I've run into this
 problem:

 {{{
 rts/Linker.c:1073:7:
      error: 'alloc_blocks_lim' undeclared here (not in a function)

 rts/Linker.c:1073:7:  warning: missing initializer

 rts/Linker.c:1073:7:
      warning: (near initialization for 'rtsSyms[377].addr')
 }}}

 which seems completely unrelated to what I did and has me completely
 baffled.

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