[GHC] #7281: GHC 7.4.2 build fails on Fedora17

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#7281: GHC 7.4.2 build fails on Fedora17
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    Reporter:  PaulJohnson     |       Owner:                     
        Type:  bug             |      Status:  new                
    Priority:  high            |   Milestone:  7.6.2              
   Component:  Compiler        |     Version:  7.4.2              
    Keywords:                  |          Os:  Linux              
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |     Failure:  Building GHC failed
  Difficulty:  Unknown         |    Testcase:                     
   Blockedby:                  |    Blocking:                     
     Related:                  |  
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Description changed by igloo:

Old description:

> On Fedora 17 the build fails when attempting to run "configure". The
> relevant section says:
>
> checking for ncurses.h... yes
> checking for setupterm in -lncursesw... no
> checking for setupterm in -lncurses... no
> checking for setupterm in -lcurses... no
> configure: error: in `/home/paj/packages/ghc-7.4.2/libraries/terminfo':
> configure: error: curses library not found, so this package cannot be
> built
>
> The relevant section from config.log says:
>
> configure~:3285: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lncursesw   >&5
> /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cc1CCCaI.o: undefined reference to symbol 'setupterm'
> /usr/bin/ld: note: 'setupterm' is defined in DSO /lib64/libtinfo.so.5 so
> try adding it to the linker command line
> /lib64/libtinfo.so.5: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> I've set the architecture to x86_64 because thats what I run, but I
> expect it would happen on other Fedora 17s as well.

New description:

 On Fedora 17 the build fails when attempting to run "configure". The
 relevant section says:
 {{{
 checking for ncurses.h... yes
 checking for setupterm in -lncursesw... no
 checking for setupterm in -lncurses... no
 checking for setupterm in -lcurses... no
 configure: error: in `/home/paj/packages/ghc-7.4.2/libraries/terminfo':
 configure: error: curses library not found, so this package cannot be
 built
 }}}
 The relevant section from config.log says:
 {{{
 configure~:3285: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lncursesw   >&5
 /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cc1CCCaI.o: undefined reference to symbol 'setupterm'
 /usr/bin/ld: note: 'setupterm' is defined in DSO /lib64/libtinfo.so.5 so
 try adding it to the linker command line
 /lib64/libtinfo.so.5: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
 collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
 }}}
 I've set the architecture to x86_64 because thats what I run, but I expect
 it would happen on other Fedora 17s as well.

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