[GHC] #7922: adding direct *.c -> object code (*.o/so/dylib) support to compilation driver

[GHC]

#7922: adding direct *.c -> object code (*.o/so/dylib) support to compilation
driver
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    Reporter:  carter            |       Owner:                  
        Type:  feature request   |      Status:  infoneeded      
    Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:                  
   Component:  Compiler          |     Version:  7.7             
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  None/Unknown    
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                  
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                  
     Related:  #7904             |  
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Comment(by carter):

 hrmm... I can't seem to get ghc to use clang instead.
 But if you install a newer version of gcc than the apple provided 4.2
 (such as 4.8) and make sure that ghc picks the first gcc in its path (and
 have that be eg gcc 4.8), you can replicate this test case.

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