[GHC] #4049: Support for ABI versioning of C libraries

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#4049: Support for ABI versioning of C libraries
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  Reporter:  uzytkownik                   |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug                          |         Status:  new             
  Priority:  normal                       |      Milestone:  6.16.1          
 Component:  Build System                 |        Version:  6.12.2          
Resolution:                               |       Keywords:                  
Difficulty:                               |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Testcase:                               |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  Incorrect result at runtime  |  
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Comment(by simonmar):

 Replying to [comment:8 draconx]:

 > Surely it's just a matter of reading the DT_SONAME field from the shared
 > object?

 The difficulty is finding the shared object in the first place, i.e.
 resolving a library name to `.so` file, which is the linker's job not
 ours.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4049#comment:9>
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