#13541: Make it easier to use the gold linker -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: (none) Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #13810 | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D3449 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by bgamari): The diff doesn't touch the runtime linker-detection logic. It also doesn't provide a way for the user to override the linker choice, but this could be fixed. However, I do wish we could drop the runtime probing at some point. Currently we start `gcc -v` and `ld -v` on every single GHC compilation. On platforms like Windows this can really add up. Even on Linux, where process spawning is relatively fast, it's probably 5 to 10 milliseconds per execution. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13541#comment:21 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler