[Hackage] #216: need a way to specify the foreign libraries a package depends on

[Hackage]

#216: need a way to specify the foreign libraries a package depends on
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  Reporter:  ross at soi.city.ac.uk  |        Owner:         
      Type:  enhancement          |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal               |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library        |      Version:  1.2.3.0
  Severity:  major                |   Resolution:         
  Keywords:                       |   Difficulty:  normal 
Ghcversion:  6.8.2                |     Platform:  Linux  
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Comment (by duncan):

 See also #177, suggestion that we can at least check at configure time if
 all required C libs and header files can be found. Of course that does not
 relate them back to what packages those C libs belong to, but it'd give
 better error messages.

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