#12878: Use gold linker by default if available on ELF systems -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: dobenour | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Driver | Version: 8.0.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: | Type of failure: Compile-time Unknown/Multiple | performance bug Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- `ld.gold` is both faster and less buggy than `ld.bfd`, but only works on ELF. On ELF systems, we should thus prefer `ld.gold` when it is installed, even when `ld.bfd` is supported (as it is on x86). -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12878 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler