Sorry to reply to a closed bug, but can I get clarification that this is also the case in 7.6.3? I created a bindist from the source distribution (with `make binary-dist`?) and then did a `configure && make install` after installing binutils-gold. When I build it's still trying to pass

#6063: GHC's build-time ld-flag checks are problematic --------------------------------------------+------------------------------ Reporter: parcs | Owner: Type: bug | thoughtpolice Priority: high | Status: closed Component: Compiler | Milestone: 7.8.1 Resolution: fixed | Version: 7.4.1 Operating System: Linux | Keywords: Type of failure: GHC doesn't work at all | Architecture: Test Case: | Unknown/Multiple Blocking: | Difficulty: Unknown | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: #4862 --------------------------------------------+------------------------------ Comment (by gidyn): Replying to [comment:21 jberryman]: those flags to `ld` and is failing. Same here. The configure script claims to be checking whether ld understands `--hash-size=31`, but doesn't do anything with it. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/6063#comment:22 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler