[GHC] #8683: add "cpp program" and "cpp program options" to settings file

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#8683: add "cpp program" and "cpp program options" to settings file
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        Reporter:  carter            |            Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |           Status:  patch
        Priority:  highest           |        Milestone:  7.8.1
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.8.1-rc2
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:  #8439
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Comment (by carter):

 somehow i'm tripping a "make has restarted 3 times" bug when I run
 validate,
 heres the tail of the transcript

 nb: i did configure with --with-gcc=gcc-4.8 and --with-hs-cpp=gcc-4.8

 heres a link to the tail of the console output http://lpaste.net/101605

 the relevant last few lines being
 {{{
 Writing new package config file... done.
 "inplace/bin/ghc-cabal" configure ghc stage1 "" --with-
 ghc="/usr/local/bin/ghc" --with-ghc-pkg="/usr/local/bin/ghc-pkg"
 --flags=stage1 --constraint "ghc == 7.8.0.20140322" --package-
 db=/Users/carter/Desktop/repoScratcher/ghc/libraries/bootstrapping.conf
 --disable-library-for-ghci --disable-library-vanilla --disable-library-
 profiling --disable-shared --with-
 hscolour="/Users/carter/.cabal/bin/HsColour" --configure-
 option=CFLAGS="-Wall -m64 -fno-stack-protector    -Werror=unused-but-set-
 variable -Wno-error=inline" --configure-option=LDFLAGS=" -m64  "
 --configure-option=CPPFLAGS=" -m64  "   --constraint "Cabal == 1.18.1.3"
 --constraint "hpc == 0.6.0.1"   --constraint "bin-package-db == 0.0.0.0"
 --constraint "hoopl == 3.10.0.0"   --constraint "transformers == 0.3.0.0"
 --constraint "terminfo == 0.4.0.0" --with-gcc="gcc-4.8" --configure-option
 =--with-cc="gcc-4.8" --with-ar="/usr/bin/ar" --with-ranlib="ranlib"
 --with-alex="/Users/carter/.cabal/bin/alex" --with-
 happy="/Users/carter/.cabal/bin/happy"
 Configuring ghc-bin-7.8.0.20140322...
 Warning: 'data-dir: ..' is a relative path outside of the source tree.
 This
 will not work when generating a tarball with 'sdist'.
 ghc.mk:100: *** Make has restarted itself 2 times; is there a makefile
 bug? See
 http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Troubleshooting#Makehasrestarteditself3timesisthereamakefilebug
 for details.  Stop.
 }}}

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