[GHC] #11373: GHC should support static archive creation on all systems

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#11373: GHC should support static archive creation on all systems
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           Reporter:  ezyang         |             Owner:
               Type:  feature        |            Status:  new
  request                            |
           Priority:  low            |         Milestone:
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  7.11
           Keywords:                 |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
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 Currently, we have in `DriverPipeline.hs`:

 {{{
 linkStaticLibCheck :: DynFlags -> [String] -> [UnitId] -> IO ()
 linkStaticLibCheck dflags o_files dep_packages
  = do
     when (platformOS (targetPlatform dflags) `notElem` [OSiOS, OSDarwin])
 $
       throwGhcExceptionIO (ProgramError "Static archive creation only
 supported on Darwin/OS X/iOS")
     linkBinary' True dflags o_files dep_packages
 }}}

 Seems a bit odd/awful for this to only work on OS X. Either we should
 support none of it (not GHC's job) or all of it.

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