[commit: ghc] master: Release note blurb about ELF weak symbols. (6024c9f)

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Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/6024c9f499ce54e4b9bd71b56588fd0bf6f7be97/ghc

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commit 6024c9f499ce54e4b9bd71b56588fd0bf6f7be97
Author: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>
Date:   Fri Oct 25 20:08:28 2013 -0500

    Release note blurb about ELF weak symbols.
    
    Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>


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6024c9f499ce54e4b9bd71b56588fd0bf6f7be97
 docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml |   12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
index 6e651ca..1baf1a1 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
@@ -460,11 +460,17 @@
                </para>
            </listitem>
 
+           <listitem>
+                <para>
+                    On Linux, the static GHCi linker now supports weak symbols.
+               </para>
+           </listitem>
+
             <listitem>
                 <para>
-                    The GHCi linker now runs constructors for linked
-                    libraries. This means for example that C code
-                    using
+                    The (static) GHCi linker now runs constructors for
+                    linked libraries. This means for example that C
+                    code using
                     <literal>__attribute__((constructor))</literal>
                     can now properly be loaded into GHCi.
                </para>