#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: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by nh2): Replying to [comment:5 angerman]:
I'm also a bit confused why gcc would not respect the LD env var.
I guess this may be controversial, but I have always liked the fact that cabal and GHC rely as little as possible on environment variables. It has made it much easier many times for me to debug ghc issues (funnily, especially the linker investigation) because I can see all relevant inputs to a ghc invocation simply in `ps` or `strace`, and re-run them to isolate problems without accidentally not replicating the environment correctly. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13541#comment:11 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler