[GHC] #4022: GHC Bindist is Broken on FreeBSD/amd64

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#4022: GHC Bindist is Broken on FreeBSD/amd64
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        Reporter:  pgj               |                Owner:  pgj
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  lowest            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Core Libraries    |              Version:  6.13
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  GMP,integer-
                                     |  gmp, sharedlibs
Operating System:  FreeBSD           |         Architecture:  x86_64
 Type of failure:  Building GHC      |  (amd64)
  failed                             |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #8156             |  Differential Rev(s):
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by bgamari):

 Unfortunately I'm finding that the FreeBSD bindist for 8.6.1 fails to pass
 `bindisttest`:
 {{{
 [1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( bindisttest/HelloWorld.lhs,
 bindisttest/HelloWorld.o )
 Linking bindisttest/HelloWorld ...
 /usr/local/bin/ld.gold: error: /usr/home/ben/bin-
 dist-8.6.1-FreeBSD/ghc/bindisttest/install
 dir/lib/ghc-8.6.1/rts/libHSrts.a(RTS.o): unexpected reloc 8 in object file
 ... (many more messages of the same form)
 }}}

 I suspect this is due to our insistence on using `ld.gold`. I'm going to
 try doing another build with `--disable-ld-override`.

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