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configure.ac: handle AR=, NM= and other flags as arguments to ./configure

A followup on comments around https://phabricator.haskell.org/rGHC79848f18805a

The following does not work currently:

$ ./configure \
    --enable-unregisterised \
    --enable-bfd-debug \
    NM=gcc-nm \
    AR=gcc-ar \
    RANLIB=gcc-ranlib
...
   ar           : /usr/bin/ar
   ld           : /usr/bin/ld
   nm           : /usr/bin/nm
   objdump      : /usr/bin/objdump
   ranlib       : /usr/bin/ranlib

The workaround is to use

$ ./configure --enable-unregisterised \
              --with-nm=gcc-nm \
              --with-ar=gcc-ar \
              --with-ranlib=gcc-ranlib

The plan is to make it work (perhaps by using AC_PROG_AR?).

Trac metadata
Trac field Value
Version 8.0.1
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler
Test case
Differential revisions
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CC bgamari, hvr
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Architecture
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