[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 mimosa):

 So if a working GHC is present, I take it that will be used instead of
 stage 0 in the unknown-linux tarball, is that right?

 As I said above, the GHC I built still seems to require the old gmp, but
 maybe there's something wrong with my package.

 For practical purposes, a package is a build that works on a particular
 system (in my case, a Linux distribution), but from the point of view of
 that system's packaging procedures, it is a link to the source code and a
 build script; taken together these should be capable of recreating the
 package from zero. However you go about it, GHC is going to need special
 treatment somewhere. For instance, the package "source" might include the
 locally built stage 0 compiler you suggest.

 Thank you for your helpful explanations. I'll talk to the Salix developers
 to see what solution they regard as ideal and try and deliver that for the
 next packaging cycle. Meanwhile, the existing package should be available
 from Salix repos shortly, and can be considered a Slackware package too.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7375#comment:9>
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