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diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 3937ac8..6cf12d6 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -363,6 +363,12 @@ case $HostPlatform in
  	      LdCmd="`cygpath -w ${fp_prog_ld_raw} | sed -e 's@\\\\@/@g'`"
               AC_MSG_NOTICE([normalized ld command to $LdCmd])
             fi
+	    # Insist on >= ld-2.15.x, since earlier versions doesn't handle
+	    # the generation of relocatable object files with large amounts
+	    # of relocations correctly. (cf. HSbase.o splittage-hack)
+	    fp_prog_ld_version=`${LdCmd} --version | sed -n '/GNU ld/p' | tr -cd 0-9 | cut -b1-3`
+	    FP_COMPARE_VERSIONS([$fp_prog_ld_version],[-lt],[214],
+                                [AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU ld version later than 2.14 required to compile GHC on Windows.])])[]dnl
             ;;
 esac
 AC_SUBST([LdCmd])
@@ -488,7 +494,7 @@ AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether ranlib is needed], [fp_cv_prog_ar_needs_ranlib],
 [if test $fp_prog_ar_is_gnu = yes; then
   fp_cv_prog_ar_needs_ranlib=no
-elif test $TargetPlatform = powerpc-apple-darwin; then
+elif echo $TargetPlatform | grep "^.*-apple-darwin$"  > /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then
   # It's quite tedious to check for Apple's crazy timestamps in .a files,
   # so we hardcode it.
   fp_cv_prog_ar_needs_ranlib=yes