[GHC] #1883: GHC can't find library using "short" name

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#1883: GHC can't find library using "short" name
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 Reporter:  m4dc4p                |          Owner:            
     Type:  bug                   |         Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:  6.8 branch
Component:  Compiler              |        Version:  6.6.1     
 Severity:  normal                |     Resolution:            
 Keywords:  link library windows  |     Difficulty:  Unknown   
 Testcase:                        |   Architecture:  x86       
       Os:  Windows               |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * milestone:  => 6.8 branch

Comment:

 After a short talk with Duncan I think we should be able to do something,
 although it might require ghci having to jump through hoops (find the
 .lib/.a file for the library in order to get the DLL name to load). I'll
 put it in the 6.8 branch milestone for now, although I'm not optimistic
 we'll unpick this before 6.10.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1883#comment:5>
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