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

[GHC]

#7375: Building ghc fails because it is looking for an old version of libgmp
---------------------------------+------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  mimosa               |          Owner:                  
     Type:  bug                  |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal               |      Component:  Compiler        
  Version:  7.4.2                |       Keywords:                  
       Os:  Linux                |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
  Failure:  Building GHC failed  |       Testcase:                  
Blockedby:                       |       Blocking:                  
  Related:  5743                 |  
---------------------------------+------------------------------------------
 Haskell requires libgmp.so.3 but that is ancient.

 I'm not sure if this occurs with more recent versions of ghc, but even if
 it has been fixed in those, it's a serious problem because things like
 xmonad and haskell-platform require earlier versions of ghc.

 This looks similar to #5743. libffi is the culprit there. Not a problem
 witht he latest version of ghc (I tested it to see if it would work with
 xmonad) but I think the libgmp issue is.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7375>
GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/>
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler