[commit: ghc] ghc-7.8: Control CPP through settings file (#8683) (2c95add)

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On branch  : ghc-7.8
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/2c95addb8605ac8348bf10f774cf2fedd689288d/ghc

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commit 2c95addb8605ac8348bf10f774cf2fedd689288d
Author: Carter Tazio Schonwald <carter.schonwald at gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Jul 2 08:52:53 2014 -0500

    Control CPP through settings file (#8683)
    
    Summary:
    Allow the CPP program and flag choices for GHC
    be configured via the the ghc settings file
    
    Test Plan: ran validate yesterday
    
    Reviewers: hvr, austin, mzero, simonmar
    
    Reviewed By: austin, mzero, simonmar
    
    Subscribers: mzero, simonmar, relrod, carter
    
    Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D26
    
    (cherry picked from commit 34f7e9a3c99850859901ca74370f55f1d4e2279a)


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2c95addb8605ac8348bf10f774cf2fedd689288d
 aclocal.m4                 |  9 ++++++
 compiler/ghc.mk            |  2 --
 compiler/main/SysTools.lhs |  8 ++---
 configure.ac               | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 distrib/configure.ac.in    | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 settings.in                |  2 ++
 6 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

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