[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:  infoneeded
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  None              |              Version:  7.10.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  FreeBSD           |         Architecture:  x86_64
 Type of failure:  Installing GHC    |  (amd64)
  failed                             |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):
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Comment (by bgamari):

 mqudsi, how are you seeing the extraction fail? When I attempt to extract
 the tarball I see,
 {{{
 $ tar -xf ghc-8.2.0.20170704-x86_64-portbld-freebsd.tar.xz.1
 ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/hp2ps/dist/build/tmp/hp2ps: Can't create
 'ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/hp2ps/dist/build/tmp/hp2ps'
 ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/haddock/dist/build/tmp/haddock: Can't create
 'ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/haddock/dist/build/tmp/haddock'
 ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/hsc2hs/dist-install/build/tmp/hsc2hs: Can't
 create 'ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/hsc2hs/dist-install/build/tmp/hsc2hs'
 ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/ghc-pkg/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pkg: Can't
 create 'ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/ghc-pkg/dist-install/build/tmp/ghc-pkg'
 ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/hpc/dist-install/build/tmp/hpc: Can't create
 'ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/hpc/dist-install/build/tmp/hpc'
 ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/runghc/dist-install/build/tmp/runghc: Can't
 create 'ghc-8.2.0.20170704/utils/runghc/dist-install/build/tmp/runghc'
 ghc-8.2.0.20170704/ghc/stage2/build/tmp/ghc-stage2: Can't create
 'ghc-8.2.0.20170704/ghc/stage2/build/tmp/ghc-stage2'
 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
 }}}
 but otherwise the extraction appears to have been successful. Is this what
 you see as well?

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13974#comment:5>
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