Always build GHCi libs
Since the introduction of -split-sections, using GHCi with the RTS linker is really slow: ``` $ time (echo :quit | ./inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 --interactive -fexternal-interpreter) GHCi, version 8.1.20170304: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Prelude> Leaving GHCi. real 0m3.793s ``` (when we use `-fexternal-interpreter` it uses the RTS linker by default, you can make it use the system linker by adding `-dynamic`) Building the GHCi libs doesn't take much time or space in the GHC build, but makes things much quicker for people using the RTS linker: ``` $ time (echo :quit | ./inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 --interactive -fexternal-interpreter) GHCi, version 8.1.20170304: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Prelude> Leaving GHCi. real 0m0.285s ``` So I propose that we build and ship them unconditionally. Test Plan: validate, perf tests above Reviewers: bgamari, austin, niteria, erikd, Phyx Reviewed By: bgamari Subscribers: rwbarton, thomie, snowleopard Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D3298
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