[GHC] #4862: Enable usage of gold linker with GHC

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#4862: Enable usage of gold linker with GHC
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  Reporter:  ajd              |          Owner:  igloo           
      Type:  feature request  |         Status:  new             
  Priority:  normal           |      Milestone:  7.4.3           
 Component:  Compiler         |        Version:  7.0.1           
Resolution:                   |       Keywords:                  
        Os:  Linux            |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown     |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:                   |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                   |        Related:                  
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Comment(by andersk):

 On Debian/Ubuntu, the `binutils-gold` package actually replaces the
 symlink `/usr/bin/ld -> ld.bfd` with `/usr/bin/ld -> ld.gold` at install
 time.  So any build-time test won’t be enough.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4862#comment:10>
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