[GHC] #7979: ./configure script does not properly detect missing header files

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#7979: ./configure script does not properly detect missing header files
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Reporter:  jstolarek         |          Owner:                  
    Type:  bug               |         Status:  new             
Priority:  normal            |      Component:  Build System    
 Version:  7.6.3             |       Keywords:                  
      Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Failure:  None/Unknown      |      Blockedby:                  
Blocking:                    |        Related:                  
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Comment(by emanuel):

 Replying to [ticket:7979 jstolarek]:

 {{{
   ...
   checking ncurses.h usability... no
   checking ncurses.h presence... no
   checking for ncurses.h... no
   checking curses.h usability... no
   checking curses.h presence... no
   checking for curses.h... no
   configure: error: in `/dane/download/ghc-7.6.3/libraries/terminfo':
   configure: error: curses headers could not be found, so this package
 cannot be built
   ...
 }}}

 This is output from configure script. It detected correctly that ncurses
 is missing.

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