The Windows binary distribution of GHC incorporates a version of MinGW which has not been updated for several releases and is now out-of-date. It should be upgraded. The previous time this was done appears to correlate with ticket #3390. <details><summary>Trac metadata</summary> | Trac field | Value | | ---------------------- | ------------ | | Version | 7.8.2 | | Type | Task | | TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure | | Priority | normal | | Resolution | Unresolved | | Component | Build System | | Test case | | | Differential revisions | | | BlockedBy | | | Related | #3390 | | Blocking | | | CC | | | Operating system | | | Architecture | | </details> <!-- {"blocked_by":[],"summary":"Upgrade the version of MinGW shipped with GHC","status":"New","operating_system":"","component":"Build System","related":[3390],"milestone":"7.10.1","resolution":"Unresolved","owner":{"tag":"OwnedBy","contents":"komadori"},"version":"7.8.2","keywords":[],"differentials":[],"test_case":"","architecture":"","cc":[""],"type":"Task","description":"The Windows binary distribution of GHC incorporates a version of MinGW which has not been updated for several releases and is now out-of-date. It should be upgraded. The previous time this was done appears to correlate with ticket #3390.\r\n\r\n","type_of_failure":"OtherFailure","blocking":[]} -->