#7375: Building ghc fails because it is looking for an old version of libgmp
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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 |
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Comment(by mimosa):
See also #7202, which I discovered after posting the above. The suggestion
there of symlinking the missing library file might be OK for individual
users, but not for packaging purposes.
The discussion of the similar problem with libffi (#5743) makes it clear
that for many distros, the only acceptable solution is a patch. In my
case, it seems a "magic library" would be acceptable, but I can't get the
right version of gmp to build for x86_64.
The result may be no package - not an outcome that will please anyone. The
distro in question is Salix, which is backwards-compatible with Slackware,
so my package would supersede the SlackBuild linked to prominently
elsewhere on this site (which leaves the user to discover it won't even
build without the symlink hack).
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