[GHC] #4878: Bindist build tools assume libffi.so.5 availability

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#4878: Bindist build tools assume libffi.so.5 availability
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    Reporter:  vmj     |       Owner:                       
        Type:  bug     |      Status:  new                  
    Priority:  normal  |   Component:  Build System         
     Version:  7.0.1   |    Keywords:                       
    Testcase:          |   Blockedby:                       
          Os:  Linux   |    Blocking:                       
Architecture:  x86     |     Failure:  Installing GHC failed
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 To be able to install the generic i386 Linux binary distribution, I had to
 do this little trick before doing the 'configure && make install':

     cp libffi/dist-install/build/libHSffi-ghc7.0.1.so libffi/libffi.so.5

     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/libffi/

 This was because my up-to-date Slackware 13.1 ships with libffi.so.4 and
 some of the installation tools in above mentioned package have been linked
 against libffi.so.5.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4878>
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