[GHC] #6063: GHC's build-time ld-flag checks are problematic

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#6063: GHC's build-time ld-flag checks are problematic
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    Reporter:  parcs             |       Owner:                         
        Type:  bug               |      Status:  new                    
    Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  7.8.1                  
   Component:  Compiler          |     Version:  7.4.1                  
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Linux                  
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  GHC doesn't work at all
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                         
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                         
     Related:  #4862             |  
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Changes (by igloo):

  * milestone:  => 7.8.1


Comment:

 The linker flags are detected when a bindist is installed, not when it is
 built, so they should match the machine that GHC is run on.

 Should we check what flags the linker supports every time ghc is run?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/6063#comment:4>
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