[GHC] #11042: Template Haskell / GHCi does not respect extra-lib-dirs

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#11042: Template Haskell / GHCi does not respect extra-lib-dirs
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        Reporter:  mboes             |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  infoneeded
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Compile-time      |  Unknown/Multiple
  crash                              |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:  11238             |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #10458 #5289      |  Differential Rev(s):
  #12753                             |
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by trommler):

 Replying to [comment:18 rwbarton]:
 > > But currently GHC's dynamic linker mimics the behavior of the (static)
 RTS linker and would load `libz.so` before it loads `libHSzlib<...>.so`.
 >
 > Do you know why this is?
 In `compiler/ghci/Linker.hs` `linkPackage` all dependencies of a package
 are linked before we even learn whether the package is in a shared library
 or an archive. That is probably the reason, but I don't know for sure.
 > If we could just not do this, it might fix this issue, right?
 Yes, that would fix this issue.
 >
 > I'm going to reopen this but mark as infoneeded, though I don't mind
 much if it ends up being closed again.
 Hmm, should I prepare a patch that implements the fix described here?

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