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5743	Configurably use system-provided libffi	nomeata	trommler	"Hi,

both Debian and Fedora patch ghc to use the system-wide installed libffi, as required by distribution policies:
http://anonscm.debian.org/darcs/pkg-haskell/experimental/ghc/patches/system-libffi
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=ghc.git;a=blob;f=ghc-use-system-libffi.patch

It would be helpful for us if we would not have to patch this, but rather trigger this by a ./configure flag.

Thanks,
Joachim"	feature request	closed	normal	7.6.2	Build System	7.7	fixed		Jens Petersen <petersen@…> slyfox@… pho@…	Linux	Unknown/Multiple	None/Unknown	Unknown				#4496