[GHC] #13974: Official FreeBSD 10.3 distribution should link against libutil.so.9, not libutitl.so.8

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#13974: Official FreeBSD 10.3 distribution should link against libutil.so.9, not
libutitl.so.8
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           Reporter:  mqudsi         |             Owner:  (none)
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  None           |           Version:  7.10.3
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  FreeBSD
       Architecture:  x86_64         |   Type of failure:  Installing GHC
  (amd64)                            |  failed
          Test Case:                 |        Blocked By:
           Blocking:                 |   Related Tickets:
Differential Rev(s):                 |         Wiki Page:
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 The official distribution of GHC for FreeBSD, as retrieved from [0]
 attempts to link against libutil.so.8

 FreeBSD 10.3 is actually built against libutil.so.9, and there is no
 /lib/libutil.so.8 (and no version 8 of the library available via the
 package manager/ports).

 Symlinking /lib/libutil.so.9 to /lib/libutil.so.8 appears to allow GHC to
 run without issue, but I can't guarantee the results.

 Since the distributed GHC tarball is specific to FreeBSD 10.3, it should
 probably link against libutil.so.9 as well.

 (I am completely new to Haskell/GHC and have no clue what "component" to
 tag this as. I was looking for a 'distribution' or 'packages' component,
 but can find none. My apologies in advance for tagging it as 'None')


 [0]: https://www.haskell.org/ghc/download_ghc_7_10_3.html

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