#9907: "Unknown PEi386 section name `.text$printf'" error in GHCi on Windows ----------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: mmikolajczyk | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 7.8.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Windows Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) | Type of failure: GHCi crash Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: ----------------------------------+------------------------------------- I work on a Haskell library interfacing with foreign C++ library. While trying to use it in GHCi on Windows 8.1 64bit, I encountered an error message that said: {{{ <loading other libraries> Loading package library-0.1.0.0 ... <interactive>: Unknown PEi386 section name ` .text$_ZNSt6vectorIcSaIcEED1Ev' (while processing: c:\path\to\file.o) ghc.exe: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.8.3 for i386-unknown-mingw32): loadObj "C:\\path\\to\\file.o": failed Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug }}} I've prepared a minimal example triggering this bug and attached it to this bug report. On Linux (Arch 64bit), after cabal build and cabal repl it behaves as intended: {{{ GHCi, version 7.8.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Loading object (static) dist/build/cbits/ex.o ... done final link ... done [1 of 1] Compiling Example ( Example.hs, interpreted ) Ok, modules loaded: Example. λ: foo Test }}} However, on Windows 8.1 it crashes while loading object file: {{{ GHCi, version 7.8.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Loading object (static) dist\build\cbits\ex.o ... ghc.exe: Unknown PEi386 sectio n name `.text$printf' (while processing: dist\build\cbits\ex.o) ghc.exe: panic! (the 'impossible' happened) (GHC version 7.8.3 for i386-unknown-mingw32): loadObj "dist\\build\\cbits\\ex.o": failed Please report this as a GHC bug: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug }}} Crashing in GHCi means that I cannot use it with programs that contain TH splices, what is important for me. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9907 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler