[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:  thoughtpolice          
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  new                    
    Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  7.8.1                  
   Component:  Compiler          |     Version:  7.4.1                  
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Linux                  
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  GHC doesn't work at all
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                         
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                         
     Related:  #4862             |  
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Comment(by nh2):

 @jlebar That's not so easy, but you could actually make it *use* gold. See
 here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6952396/why-does-ghc-take-so-
 long-to-link/16105691#16105691. Might also contain some other relevant
 info for you (e.g. that -pgml is actually gcc, so you'd have to tell gcc
 which linker it should call, and I guess that's why your env variable
 doesn't work).

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