[GHC] #10032: binary distributions not working --with-system-libffi

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#10032: binary distributions not working --with-system-libffi
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        Reporter:  kgardas           |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:
       Component:  Build System      |                 Version:  7.11
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |            Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |               Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |                Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #5743             |  Differential Revisions:
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Comment (by kgardas):

 thomie: I'm afraid that due to GHC support for shared libraries and due to
 OSes shipping their own libffi we kind of need support for system libffi
 also in binary distribution. I've hit this on Solaris, but the situation
 on OpenBSD is the same (don't know about Linux): sometimes you can end
 with the target application binary which is linked against both system and
 ghc supplied libffi -- IMHO very unlucky situation so I would appreciate
 kept this open if this does not hurt that much. Thanks! Karel

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