[GHC] #7375: Building ghc fails because it is looking for an old version of libgmp

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#7375: Building ghc fails because it is looking for an old version of libgmp
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  Reporter:  mimosa               |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug                  |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:                  
 Component:  Compiler             |        Version:  7.4.2           
Resolution:  fixed                |       Keywords:                  
        Os:  Linux                |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  Building GHC failed  |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:                       |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                       |        Related:  5743            
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Comment(by simonmar):

 GHC does use the system `libgmp` when it builds.  I think the problem you
 are running into is that the pre-built binary distribution you are using
 depends on `libgmp`, because that happens to be the gmp version on the
 system it was built on.  It's just a bootstrapping problem - once you have
 a GHC build that doesn't depend on `libgmp.so.3`, you can start using that
 for bootstrapping and then you'll be fine.

 I'm fairly sure you don't need a special hack in your package, or to have
 a dependency on `libgmp.so.3`.  I'm not familiar with Slackware, but
 that's the way it works with other distros.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7375#comment:4>
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