MR !1699 deletes some code in the compiler about passing -l flags for the RTS. This is a layer violation and hopefully a useless one; the RTS config file in the package db lists external library dependencies just like any other package so the -l flags should be included because that alone. CI passes, so everything works on Linux, Darwin, and Windows. Ben Gamari wanted to double check the behavior on the *BSDs, since the HAVE_* configure results might reasonably vary there. I got a FreeBSD VM and started installing the requisite ports, but I've never used any BSD before and don't have much time to learn it---say how to stop to the TUI pop-ups that prevent me building everything overnight. If someone with an up-and-running development environment could quickly give this change a spin, that would be much appreciated. Fingers crossed, and thanks in advanced, John P.S. If said BSD angel wants to contribute a machine for the official CI, so neither me or anyone else is tempted to bug them again, that would also be great :) !1699: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/merge_requests/1699/diffs