linux: use an in-tree copy of gold by default

build/common.gypi

Index: build/common.gypi
diff --git a/build/common.gypi b/build/common.gypi
index 161464c9237c8cf41af138d9243807263660b675..304d1943f019c1bb5f706c641de0cf1d85c54756 100644
--- a/build/common.gypi
+++ b/build/common.gypi
@@ -392,6 +392,15 @@
         }, {
           'enable_plugin_installation%': 1,
         }],
+
+        # Set to 0 to not use third_party/gold as the linker.
+        # On by default for x64 Linux.  Off for ChromeOS as cross-compiling
+        # makes things complicated.
+        ['chromeos==0 and host_arch=="x64"', {
+          'linux_use_gold_binary%': 1,
+        }, {
+          'linux_use_gold_binary%': 0,
+        }],
       ],
     },
 
@@ -453,6 +462,7 @@
     'enable_web_intents%': '<(enable_web_intents)',
     'enable_web_intents_tag%': '<(enable_web_intents_tag)',
     'enable_plugin_installation%': '<(enable_plugin_installation)',
+    'linux_use_gold_binary%': '<(linux_use_gold_binary)',
     'use_canvas_skia_skia%': '<(use_canvas_skia_skia)',
     # Whether to build for Wayland display server
     'use_wayland%': 0,
@@ -2000,6 +2010,12 @@
             'defines': ['KEEP_SHADOW_STACKS'],
             'cflags': ['-finstrument-functions'],
           }],
+          ['linux_use_gold_binary==1', {
+            'ldflags': [
+              # Put our gold binary in the search path for the linker.
+              '-Bthird_party/gold',

[Nico, 2012/01/31 22:24:10]

Do

'variables': {
  'gold_path': 'third_party/gold'
}
'ldflags': {'-B<(variables)']

then gyp will Absolutize() (or GypToNinja() or what have you) the path to gold

+            ],
+          }],
         ],
       },
     }],