FS#72533 - [ghc-libs] Recomple needed as a result of libffi.so.8 update

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by George C. Privon (privong) - Sunday, 24 October 2021, 15:30 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Sunday, 24 October 2021, 15:59 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
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Details

Description:

Programs using ghc-libs (e.g., ghc, cabal) no longer run after the recent upgrade of libffi. Running, e.g., `cabal update` results in the following error:

cabal: error while loading shared libraries: libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

A similar error message is printed about libffi.so.7 when running `ghc`.

libffi.so.8 is in the /usr/lib/ and is associated with the libffi package. There is no libffi.so.7 ('anymore', presumably).

Additional info:
* libffi version 3.4.2-4
* ghc-libs version 8.10.5-1
* cabal-install version 3.2.0.0-243


Steps to reproduce:

1. Invoke `cabal update`
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Closed by  Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Sunday, 24 October 2021, 15:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 24 October 2021, 15:37 GMT
* ghc-libs version 8.10.5-1

Classic partial update. This one's on you, that version hasn't been current for over 4 months.

Edit: Ok, newer versions were only in testing until 15 days ago, so it's not 4 months. Still a partial update problem, though.
Comment by George C. Privon (privong) - Sunday, 24 October 2021, 15:54 GMT
Gotcha. I'd been careful about not doing partial updates, but I guess I slipped up somewhere (and missed that there was a newer version of ghc-libs already). Thanks.

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