Use gold linker by default if available on ELF systems
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).
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| Version | 8.0.1 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
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