1.5. Release notes for version 7.0.4
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## 1.5. Release notes for version 7.0.4

The significant changes to the various parts of the compiler since 7.0.3 are listed below.

- A floating point regression in 7.0.3 affecting x86 has been fixed (#5149).

- The GHCi linker now handles partially stripped object files (#5004). This fixes loading the ghc package in ghci when it's been stripped, which is often the case in Linux distribution packages.

- A bug which caused bad results from `getCPUTime`, `getClockTime` and `getCurrentTime` has been fixed (#4247, #4970).

- A runtime system bug with large heaps has been fixed (#5086).

- A runtime system bug when heap profiling has been fixed (#5127).

- A runtime system bug when heap profiling has been fixed (#5127).

- A runtime system bug, which caused incorrect results and segfaults when using FFI callbacks, has been fixed.

- A runtime system bug, which occasionally caused parallel programs to <<loop>> when using `-feager-blackholing`, has been fixed (#5226).

- Incorrect directory permissions when installing have been fixed (#4982).

- Some improvements have been made to the new Cabal testsuite support.

- Cabal is now 1.10.2.0 (was 1.10.1.0).

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