[GHC] #11042: Template Haskell / GHCi does not respect extra-lib-dirs

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#11042: Template Haskell / GHCi does not respect extra-lib-dirs
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        Reporter:  mboes             |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Compile-time      |  Unknown/Multiple
  crash                              |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #10458 #5289      |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by Phyx-):

 @mboes, in general by default GHC prefers static libraries, where  GHCi
 prefers dynamic ones. It seems like libz is only available as `libz.a`. So
 the patch you cherry picked would have no effect.

 Could you try this branch? https://github.com/Mistuke/ghc/tree/fix-ghci-
 archive-loading

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