[GHC] #6063: GHC's build-time ld-flag checks are problematic

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#6063: GHC's build-time ld-flag checks are problematic
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        Reporter:  parcs                    |            Owner:
            Type:  bug                      |  thoughtpolice
        Priority:  high                     |           Status:  closed
       Component:  Compiler                 |        Milestone:  7.8.1
      Resolution:  fixed                    |          Version:  7.4.1
Operating System:  Linux                    |         Keywords:
 Type of failure:  GHC doesn't work at all  |     Architecture:
       Test Case:                           |  Unknown/Multiple
        Blocking:                           |       Difficulty:  Unknown
                                            |       Blocked By:
                                            |  Related Tickets:  #4862
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Comment (by gidyn):

 Replying to [comment:21 jberryman]:
 > Sorry to reply to a closed bug, but can I get clarification that this is
 also the case in 7.6.3? I created a bindist from the source distribution
 (with `make binary-dist`?) and then did a `configure && make install`
 after installing binutils-gold. When I build it's still trying to pass
 those flags to `ld` and is failing.

 Same here. The configure script claims to be checking whether ld
 understands `--hash-size=31`, but doesn't do anything with it.

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