[GHC] #10349: ghc-7.10.1.20150414 fails to configure on aarch64 with ld.gold: cannot compute sizeof (long long)

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#10349: ghc-7.10.1.20150414 fails to configure on aarch64 with ld.gold: cannot
compute sizeof (long long)
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              Reporter:              |             Owner:
  juhpetersen                        |            Status:  new
                  Type:  bug         |         Milestone:  7.10.2
              Priority:  normal      |           Version:  7.10.1
             Component:  Build       |  Operating System:  Linux
  System                             |   Type of failure:  Building GHC
              Keywords:              |  failed
          Architecture:  aarch64     |        Blocked By:
             Test Case:              |   Related Tickets:
              Blocking:              |
Differential Revisions:              |
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 On Fedora at least, the ghc-7.10 branch (as of yesterday) fails to
 configure on aarch64 when using ld.gold:

 {{{
 checking size of long long... configure: error: in
 `/builddir/build/BUILD/ghc-7.10.1.20150414':
 configure: error: cannot compute sizeof (long long)
 }}}

 Gdb says:

 {{{
 (gdb) r
 Starting program: /home/petersen/conftest
 During startup program terminated with signal SIGKILL, Killed.
 }}}

 Compiling the conftest.c attached with -fuse-ld=gold causes it to crash
 when run.

 {{{
 $ gcc -o conftest conftest.c
 $ ./conftest
 $ gcc -o conftest -fuse-ld=gold conftest.c
 $ ./conftest
 Killed
 $
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10349>
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