#7466: [PATCH] integer-gmp silently ignores --with-gmp-* whenever it finds
GMP.framework in the system-standard path
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Reporter: PHO | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: patch
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: libraries (other) | Version: 7.6.1
Keywords: | Os: MacOS X
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: Other
Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Blocking:
Related: |
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Changes (by PHO):
* status: infoneeded => patch
Comment:
Sorry, my explanation was a bit misleading.
Replying to [comment:2 igloo]:
> Why is the non-framework preferable?
Most package managers, including my favorite [http://www.pkgsrc.org/
pkgsrc], install `libgmp` to some non-standard locations. If the
`configure` script ignores whatever paths specified with `--with-gmp-
includes`/`--with-gmp-libraries`, the resulting binary might end up being
linked to `GMP.framework` in the system-standard path (which might be
installed by some 3rd party softwares), instead of `libgmp` installed with
a package manager. For that reason [http://pkgsrc.se/wip/ghc pkgsrc-
wip/ghc] has locally had the above patch for a long time but I think it's
worth merging to the upstream.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7466#comment:4>
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