atomic-primops does not compile with ghc-7.4, problem with Any type

[robstewart57]

I've spotted this commit that suggests the Any type should not cause issues with GHC-7.4. However, at least on Linux, the following is me trying with 7.4 and failing, then 7.6 and succeeding:

$ export PATH=~/sw/ghc/7.4.1/x86_64/bin:$PATH
bash-4.1$ cabal clean
cleaning...
Error while removing dist/: dist/setup: removeDirectory: unsatisified constraints (Directory not empty)
bash-4.1$ cabal install
Resolving dependencies...
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Setup.hs, dist/setup/Main.o )
Linking ./dist/setup/setup ...
Configuring atomic-primops-0.2.2.1...
Building atomic-primops-0.2.2.1...
Preprocessing library atomic-primops-0.2.2.1...
[1 of 6] Compiling Data.Atomics.Counter.Foreign ( Data/Atomics/Counter/Foreign.hs, dist/build/Data/Atomics/Counter/Foreign.o )
[2 of 6] Compiling Data.Atomics.Counter.Reference ( Data/Atomics/Counter/Reference.hs, dist/build/Data/Atomics/Counter/Reference.o )
[3 of 6] Compiling Data.Atomics.Internal ( Data/Atomics/Internal.hs, dist/build/Data/Atomics/Internal.o )

Data/Atomics/Internal.hs:115:1:
    Unacceptable argument type in foreign declaration: Any (* -> *) ()
    When checking declaration:
      foreign import prim safe "static stg_casArrayzh" casArrayTypeErased#
        :: MutableArray# RealWorld ()
           -> Int#
              -> Any ()
                 -> Any ()
                    -> State# RealWorld -> (# State# RealWorld, Int#, Any () #)

Data/Atomics/Internal.hs:115:1:
    Unacceptable argument type in foreign declaration: Any (* -> *) ()
    When checking declaration:                                                                                                                                                     
      foreign import prim safe "static stg_casArrayzh" casArrayTypeErased#
        :: MutableArray# RealWorld ()
           -> Int#
              -> Any ()
                 -> Any ()
                    -> State# RealWorld -> (# State# RealWorld, Int#, Any () #)

Data/Atomics/Internal.hs:123:1:
    Unacceptable argument type in foreign declaration: Any (* -> *) ()
    When checking declaration:
      foreign import prim safe "static stg_casMutVar2zh" casMutVar_TypeErased#
        :: MutVar# RealWorld ()
           -> Any ()
              -> Any ()
                 -> State# RealWorld -> (# State# RealWorld, Int#, Any () #)

Data/Atomics/Internal.hs:123:1:
    Unacceptable argument type in foreign declaration: Any (* -> *) ()
    When checking declaration:
      foreign import prim safe "static stg_casMutVar2zh" casMutVar_TypeErased#
        :: MutVar# RealWorld ()
           -> Any ()
              -> Any ()
                 -> State# RealWorld -> (# State# RealWorld, Int#, Any () #)
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
atomic-primops-0.2.2.1 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1

$ export PATH=~/sw/ghc/ghc-7.6.3-BUILD/bin:$PATH
bash-4.1$ cabal clean
cleaning...
Error while removing dist/: dist/setup: removeDirectory: unsatisified constraints (Directory not empty)
bash-4.1$ cabal install
Resolving dependencies...
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( /tmp/bits-atomic-0.1.3-19929/bits-atomic-0.1.3/Setup.hs, /tmp/bits-atomic-0.1.3-19929/bits-atomic-0.1.3/dist/setup/Main.o )

/tmp/bits-atomic-0.1.3-19929/bits-atomic-0.1.3/Setup.hs:15:35: Warning:
    In the use of `runTests'
    (imported from Distribution.Simple, but defined in Distribution.Simple.UserHooks):
    Deprecated: "Please use the new testing interface instead!"
Linking /tmp/bits-atomic-0.1.3-19929/bits-atomic-0.1.3/dist/setup/setup ...
Configuring bits-atomic-0.1.3...
Building bits-atomic-0.1.3...
Preprocessing library bits-atomic-0.1.3...
[1 of 1] Compiling Data.Bits.Atomic ( Data/Bits/Atomic.hs, dist/build/Data/Bits/Atomic.o )
cbits/atomic-bitops-gcc.c: In function ‘nand_and_fetch_word’:

cbits/atomic-bitops-gcc.c:260:0:
     note: ‘__sync_nand_and_fetch’ changed semantics in GCC 4.4
cbits/atomic-bitops-gcc.c: In function ‘fetch_and_nand_word’:

cbits/atomic-bitops-gcc.c:242:0:
     note: ‘__sync_fetch_and_nand’ changed semantics in GCC 4.4
In-place registering bits-atomic-0.1.3...
Installing library in ~/.cabal/lib/bits-atomic-0.1.3/ghc-7.6.3
Registering bits-atomic-0.1.3...
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Setup.hs, dist/setup/Main.o )
Linking ./dist/setup/setup ...
Configuring atomic-primops-0.2.2.1...
Building atomic-primops-0.2.2.1...
Preprocessing library atomic-primops-0.2.2.1...
[1 of 6] Compiling Data.Atomics.Counter.Foreign ( Data/Atomics/Counter/Foreign.hs, dist/build/Data/Atomics/Counter/Foreign.o )
[2 of 6] Compiling Data.Atomics.Counter.Reference ( Data/Atomics/Counter/Reference.hs, dist/build/Data/Atomics/Counter/Reference.o )
[3 of 6] Compiling Data.Atomics.Internal ( Data/Atomics/Internal.hs, dist/build/Data/Atomics/Internal.o )
[4 of 6] Compiling Data.Atomics     ( Data/Atomics.hs, dist/build/Data/Atomics.o )
[5 of 6] Compiling Data.Atomics.Counter.IORef ( Data/Atomics/Counter/IORef.hs, dist/build/Data/Atomics/Counter/IORef.o )
[6 of 6] Compiling Data.Atomics.Counter ( Data/Atomics/Counter.hs, dist/build/Data/Atomics/Counter.o )
In-place registering atomic-primops-0.2.2.1...
Installing library in ~/.cabal/lib/atomic-primops-0.2.2.1/ghc-7.6.3
Registering atomic-primops-0.2.2.1...

[rrnewton]

Thanks.. I just made the package require 7.6 plus to avoid this.