[GHC] #13810: Gold linker fails

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#13810: Gold linker fails
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        Reporter:  ksaric        |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug           |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal        |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler      |              Version:  8.0.1
      Resolution:                |             Keywords:  linker
Operating System:  Linux         |         Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown  |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                |             Blocking:
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Comment (by bgamari):

 I'm looking at the example described in the ticket summary:

 The issue here is that the library component was registered with (quoting
 `ghc-pkg dump`),
 {{{
 ld-options: -fuse-ld=gold
 }}}

 Consequently, when we go to link the executable GHC will add this flag to
 its usual link flags, the latter of which assume that we are using BFD
 `ld`.

 Frankly, I don't see any better way to handle this beyond just teaching
 GHC to use `ld` when possible. I'm working on this (see #13541) but
 unfortunately it isn't likely that this will make the already-terribly-
 late 8.2.1. We may be able to work it in to 8.2.2 if we hear very vocal
 support from users, however.

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