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On 10/28/2012 12:50 AM, tim.beech wrote:
> I'm packaging GHC (Glasgow Haskell Compiler) for Salix, a Slackware
> derivative, and it depends on old versions of libgmp and libffi.
> 
> Specificaly, it is looking for /usr/lib/libffi.so.3
> and finding libffi.so.6
> 
> These numbers don't seem to correspond to the version numbers for
> libffi; as far as I know, the latest libffi for Slackware is
> libffi-3.something.
> 
> I've searched without success. I'd be extremely grateful if anyone could
> point me in the direction of a tarball.

Please, don't do this.  Let's fix GHC.  I may be able to help.

Andrew.