[GHC] #9506: Name libraries (dll/so) separately from linker symbols

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#9506: Name libraries (dll/so) separately from linker symbols
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       Reporter:  ezyang             |                   Owner:  ezyang
           Type:  task               |                  Status:  new
       Priority:  normal             |               Milestone:
      Component:  Compiler           |                 Version:  7.9
       Keywords:  backpack           |        Operating System:
   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple   |  Unknown/Multiple
     Difficulty:  Unknown            |         Type of failure:
     Blocked By:                     |  None/Unknown
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 Tracking ticket so I don't forget.  Based on feedback on `#ghc`, it sounds
 like it would be helpful if library names on the file system only had
 their full package name, e.g. `libHScontainers_HASH.so` as opposed to the
 abbreviated package name.  Additionally, it seems less necessary to
 provide the abbreviated package name in linker symbols, since the modules
 often give a pretty good clue (and the package key can be looked up.) So
 let's do this, and make things better for users.

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9506>
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