[GHC] #9060: `cabal` linking error with GHC 7.8.2

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#9060: `cabal` linking error with GHC 7.8.2
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        Reporter:  pseudonom       |            Owner:
            Type:  bug             |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal          |        Milestone:
       Component:  Package system  |          Version:  7.8.2
      Resolution:                  |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Linux           |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
 Type of failure:  Other           |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                  |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                  |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 tibbe: there are two steps involved here with different versions of cabal.
 First cabal 1.16 installed cabal 1.20, and as a side effect, installed
 text too. Since cabal 1.16 did the building, it installed a static library
 for text. Then cabal 1.20 tried to build a dynamic library for polyparse
 so it looked for a dynamic library for text.

 Keep the cabal 1.20 binary and blow away `~/.ghc` and then cabal 1.20
 should be able to install (a dynamic library for) polyparse without any
 problems. Or, start the whole process with cabal 1.18 or newer.

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