[GHC] #9983: configure script invokes ghc with LDFLAGS during cross-builds

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#9983: configure script invokes ghc with LDFLAGS during cross-builds
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        Reporter:  newsham           |                   Owner:
            Type:  bug               |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:
       Component:  Build System      |                 Version:  7.8.4
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |            Architecture:
 Type of failure:  Building GHC      |  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by newsham):

 Besides using LDFLAGS for ghc, configure seems to expect to use the
 following settings for building binaries on the build host that can be run
 on the build host: CC, CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LIBS.  Defining any of
 these to target-appropriate settings causes configure to fail early with:

   checking whether the C compiler works... no

 or

   configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
   If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.

 This includes builds in which --host and --build and --target were all
 specified where --target is a different value, and --host and --build are
 the same values.

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