Set LD even if not cross-compiling if we want gold

Author: TeofilC

compiler/ghc/default.nix

@@ -299,6 +299,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
         export RANLIB="${targetCC.bintools.bintools}/bin/${targetCC.bintools.targetPrefix}ranlib"
         export READELF="${targetCC.bintools.bintools}/bin/${targetCC.bintools.targetPrefix}readelf"
         export STRIP="${targetCC.bintools.bintools}/bin/${targetCC.bintools.targetPrefix}strip"
+    '' + lib.optionalString (targetPlatform == hostPlatform && useLdGold) 
+    # set LD explicitly if we want gold even if we aren't cross compiling
+    ''
+        export LD="ld.gold"
     '' + lib.optionalString (targetPlatform.isWindows) ''
         export DllWrap="${targetCC.bintools.bintools}/bin/${targetCC.bintools.targetPrefix}dllwrap"
         export Windres="${targetCC.bintools.bintools}/bin/${targetCC.bintools.targetPrefix}windres"