Makefiles bundled with source distribution fail to build cross-compiler.

When trying to build a cross-compiler with GHC 8.6.3, I ran into the following:

ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
ld: libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o: error adding symbols: File in wrong format
echo libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/CString.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Classes.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Debug.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/IntWord64.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Magic.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/PrimopWrappers.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Tuple.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Types.o   libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/atomic.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/bswap.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/clz.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/ctz.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/debug.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/longlong.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/pdep.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/pext.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/popcnt.o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/cbits/word2float.o     >> libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/libHSghc-prim-0.5.3.a.contents
libraries/ghc-prim/ghc.mk:4: recipe for target 'libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/HSghc-prim-0.5.3.o' failed
make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/HSghc-prim-0.5.3.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
"arm-linux-gnueabihf-ar" q  libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/libHSghc-prim-0.5.3.a @libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/libHSghc-prim-0.5.3.a.contents
arm-linux-gnueabihf-ar: creating libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/libHSghc-prim-0.5.3.a
"rm" -f libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/libHSghc-prim-0.5.3.a.contents  
Makefile:122: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
It seems that this was due to an error in mk/config.mk, viz.
LD_NO_GOLD = ld
LD = arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld.gold
NM = arm-linux-gnueabihf-nm
AR = arm-linux-gnueabihf-ar
OBJDUMP = arm-linux-gnueabihf-objdump

The variable LD_NO_GOLD should have the prefix arm-linux-gnueabihf. When I set LD_NO_GOLD to arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld manually, the build proceeds and works correctly.

Let me know if you need any additional information.

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Trac field	Value
Version	8.6.3
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Build System (make)
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Makefiles bundled with source distribution fail to build cross-compiler.