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7055	"GHCi loadArchive ""libiconv.a"":failed Unknown PEi386 section name `.drectve'"	songpp		"
cygwin 1.7
$ iconv --version
iconv (GNU libiconv 1.14)


E:/Develop/haskell/conv.hs :

import Codec.Text.IConv as IConv
import Data.ByteString.Lazy as ByteString

main :: IO ()
main = ByteString.interact (convert ""UTF-8"" ""GBK"")        


then 

GHCi, version 7.4.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Prelude> :load ""e:/Develop/haskell/conv.hs""
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( E:\Develop\haskell\conv.hs, interpreted )
Ok, modules loaded: Main.
*Main> main
Loading package bytestring-0.9.2.1 ... linking ... done.
Loading package iconv-0.4.1.0 ... ghc.exe: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 7.4.1 for i386-unknown-mingw32):
	loadArchive ""d:/cygwin/lib\\libiconv.a"": failed

Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug

*Main> Leaving GHCi.
<interactive>: Unknown PEi386 section name `.drectve' (while processing: d:/cygwin/lib\libiconv.a)

"	bug	closed	normal		GHCi	7.4.1	duplicate	loadArchive Unknown PEi386		Windows	x86	GHCi crash					#2487