[GHC] #9503: Cross compiling with mingw uses wrong gcc

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#9503: Cross compiling with mingw uses wrong gcc
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              Reporter:  Kritzefitz  |            Owner:
                  Type:  bug         |           Status:  new
              Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:
             Component:  Build       |          Version:  7.8.3
  System                             |         Keywords:  Cross compiling
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  x86
      Operating System:  Linux       |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Type of failure:  Building    |       Blocked By:
  GHC failed                         |  Related Tickets:
             Test Case:              |
              Blocking:              |
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 Yes, this seems to happen for all cross-compilations, I don't understand
 it either. As a workaround you can explicitly specify `--with-gcc=...`,
 though, and that should at least get you farther.

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