[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 jstolarek):

 The error message I posted comes from the ./configure script of terminfo
 library required by GHC. This error is generated during the build, whereas
 I should get that error from the ./configure script of GHC, before I even
 attempt to build it. GHC ./configure should realize that one of the
 libraries it needs requires header files for ncurses. Currently it doesn't
 report that as an error.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7979#comment:4>
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