#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 nh2):
The user can explicitly request one or the other by passing the LD=... variable to configure.
@bgamari: To clarify, will GHC still at run-time detect which linker is available, and can the user still at run-time tell GHC which linker to use? At configure time, gold may not be installed, or it may be uninstalled afterwards, or the user maybe be using a bindist but for some reasons wants to force GHC to use `ld` or `gold` (for example, if `gold` doesn't work for them for some reason). -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13541#comment:20 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler