[GHC] #1075: ghci unhandled exception on startup (memory access violation)

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#1075: ghci unhandled exception on startup (memory access violation)
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 Reporter:  edbriggs at optonline.net  |          Owner:         
     Type:  bug                     |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal                  |      Milestone:         
Component:  GHCi                    |        Version:  6.6    
 Severity:  major                   |     Resolution:         
 Keywords:                          |     Difficulty:  Unknown
 Testcase:                          |   Architecture:  Unknown
       Os:  Windows                 |  
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Old description:

> ___         ___ _
>   / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
>  / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version 6.6, for Haskell 98.
> / /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
> \____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.
>
> Loading package base ... linking ... done.
>
> (JIT debugger invoked) Unhandled exception at 0x0233f988 in ghc.exe:
> 0xC0000005: Access violation.
>
> This has never worked. Attempted following installation of the msi.
> OS Version Windows Server 2003 SP1, 32 bit
>

> Disassembly
>
> 0233F97C  add         eax,200h
> 0233F981  add         byte ptr [eax],al
> 0233F983  add         byte ptr [edi],cl
> 0233F985  add         byte ptr [eax],al
> 0233F987  db          00h
> 0233F988  mov         esi,dword ptr [ebp] << here
> 0233F98B  add         ebp,4
> 0233F98E  jmp         dword ptr [ebp]
>
> EAX = 0141E010 EBX = 00D963C8 ECX = 00000001 EDX = 014B49D4 ESI =
> 0242947C EDI = 014B49D0 EIP = 0233F988 ESP = 0022DED0 EBP = 01A3AF6C EFL
> = 00010246

New description:

 {{{
    ___         ___ _
   / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
  / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Interactive, version 6.6, for Haskell 98.
 / /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
 \____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.

 Loading package base ... linking ... done.

 (JIT debugger invoked) Unhandled exception at 0x0233f988 in ghc.exe:
 0xC0000005: Access violation.
 }}}

 This has never worked. Attempted following installation of the msi.
 OS Version Windows Server 2003 SP1, 32 bit

 {{{
 Disassembly

 0233F97C  add         eax,200h
 0233F981  add         byte ptr [eax],al
 0233F983  add         byte ptr [edi],cl
 0233F985  add         byte ptr [eax],al
 0233F987  db          00h
 0233F988  mov         esi,dword ptr [ebp] << here
 0233F98B  add         ebp,4
 0233F98E  jmp         dword ptr [ebp]

 EAX = 0141E010 EBX = 00D963C8 ECX = 00000001 EDX = 014B49D4 ESI = 0242947C
 EDI = 014B49D0 EIP = 0233F988 ESP = 0022DED0 EBP = 01A3AF6C EFL = 00010246
 }}}

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