[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):

 To clarify, the stage 0 compiler is the one in your `$PATH` when you build
 GHC from source.  It is up to you to install it before you build GHC.  I
 presume the slackware build downloads a pre-built stage 0 from somewhere
 first.  The point is, I think the stage 0 you are using has a dependency
 on `libgmp.so.3`, which is leading to the problems you're seeing.  So you
 just need to use a different stage 0, which you can make by building one
 yourself.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7375#comment:10>
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