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Broken windres in Windows installer

JCAB reports:

{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
module MkData where

import Language.Haskell.TH
import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax

decl name = returnQ $ [ DataD [] (mkName name) [] [RecC (mkName name) []] [] ]
---
{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
module Main where

import MkData

$(decl "KK")

main = undefined

gives the spooky error

C:\Users\JCAB\Haskell\THTest>ghc --make main.hs
[1 of 2] Compiling MkData           ( MkData.hs, MkData.o )
[2 of 2] Compiling Main             ( main.hs, main.o )
Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
Loading package integer ... linking ... done.
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Loading package syb ... linking ... done.
Loading package array-0.2.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package packedstring-0.1.0.1 ... linking ... done.
Loading package containers-0.2.0.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package pretty-1.0.1.0 ... linking ... done.
Loading package template-haskell ... linking ... done.
Linking main.exe ...
C:\ghc\ghc-6.10.0.20080925\bin/windres: CreateProcess (null): Invalid
argument

Works in 6.8.3

Trac metadata
Trac field Value
Version 6.9
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler
Test case
Differential revisions
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Operating system Unknown
Architecture Unknown
Edited by Neil Mitchell
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