[GHC] #4496: add a configure build option to use system libffi for Linux

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#4496: add a configure build option to use system libffi for Linux
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    Reporter:  juhpetersen       |       Owner:              
        Type:  feature request   |      Status:  new         
    Priority:  low               |   Milestone:  7.6.1       
   Component:  Build System      |     Version:  7.1         
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Linux       
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  None/Unknown
  Difficulty:                    |    Testcase:              
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:              
     Related:                    |  
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Comment(by juhpetersen):

 Disappointed to see the priority of this being lowered...

 Lack of system libffi support in ghc is currently blocking me from
 building ghc-7.4.1 for Fedora.
 (There were quite a lot of changes in handling of libffi from 7.2 to 7.4.)

 Debian and Fedora are both keen to see support for system libffi
 integrated into ghc's buildsystem.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4496#comment:4>
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