[GHC] #4112: Building GHC with local libgmp.a fails

[GHC]

#4112: Building GHC with local libgmp.a fails
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    Reporter:  Itkovian        |       Owner:                     
        Type:  bug             |      Status:  new                
    Priority:  normal          |   Component:  Build System       
     Version:  6.13            |    Keywords:  libgmp, hsc2hs, hsc
          Os:  Linux           |    Testcase:                     
Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)  |     Failure:  Building GHC failed
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Comment(by Itkovian):

 A simple workaround this bug is:


 diff -rN old-ghc.darcs/utils/ghc-cabal/ghc-cabal.hs new-ghc.darcs/utils
 /ghc-cabal/ghc-cabal.hs
 335a336,339
 >       -- XXX Ugly hack to get the --config-option=--with-gmp-libraries
 into the DEP_LIB_DIRS
 >       -- This is required when libgmp.a is not residing in the usual
 place, i.e., /usr/lib
 >       let extraGmpLibLocation = catMaybes $ map (stripPrefix
 "--configure-option=--with-gmp-libraries=") config_args
 >
 363c367
 <                 variablePrefix ++ "_DEP_LIB_DIRS = "   ++ unwords (wrap
 $ forDeps Installed.libraryDirs),
 ---
 >                 variablePrefix ++ "_DEP_LIB_DIRS = "   ++ unwords (wrap
 $ forDeps Installed.libraryDirs) ++ " " ++ unwords (wrap
 extraGmpLibLocation),

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