Use gold from third_party/binutils rather then third_party/gold.

build/common.gypi

Index: build/common.gypi
diff --git a/build/common.gypi b/build/common.gypi
index 1dc3dcd6d8bc7594c0e782b0dea0abc119a894d5..36a87f46b04d4a8b0362c3889e35d3343517f26e 100644
--- a/build/common.gypi
+++ b/build/common.gypi
@@ -1308,15 +1308,12 @@
           ['OS=="android"', {
             # We directly set the gcc_version since we know what we use.
             'gcc_version%': 46,
-            'binutils_version%': 222,
           }, {
             'gcc_version%': '<!(python <(DEPTH)/build/compiler_version.py)',
-            'binutils_version%': '<!(python <(DEPTH)/build/compiler_version.py assembler)',
           }],
         ],
       }, {
         'gcc_version%': 0,
-        'binutils_version%': 0,
       }],
       ['OS=="win" and "<!(python <(DEPTH)/build/dir_exists.py <(windows_sdk_default_path))"=="True"', {
         'windows_sdk_path%': '<(windows_sdk_default_path)',
@@ -1333,6 +1330,12 @@
       }],
       ['os_posix==1 and OS!="mac" and OS!="ios"', {
         'conditions': [
+          ['host_arch=="x64"', {
+            'binutils_directory%': 'third_party/binutils/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin',
+          }],
+          ['host_arch=="ia32"', {
+            'binutils_directory%': 'third_party/binutils/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin',
+          }],
           ['target_arch=="mipsel"', {
             'werror%': '',
             'disable_nacl%': 1,
@@ -3050,6 +3053,7 @@
           'Debug_Base': {
             'variables': {
               'debug_optimize%': '0',
+              'binutils_version%': '<!(python <(DEPTH)/build/compiler_version.py assembler)',

[mithro-old, 2014/03/19 08:36:28]

I think this line needs to have the -B from below passed somehow....

             },
             'defines': [
               '_DEBUG',
@@ -3057,6 +3061,14 @@
             'cflags': [
               '-O>(debug_optimize)',
               '-g',
+              '-B<!(cd <(DEPTH) && pwd -P)/<(binutils_directory)',
+            ],
+            'ldflags': [
+              # Put our binutils in the search path. gyp leaves
+              # unspecified what the cwd is when running the compiler,
+              # so the normal gyp path-munging fails us.  This hack
+              # gets the right path.
+              '-B<!(cd <(DEPTH) && pwd -P)/<(binutils_directory)',
             ],
             'conditions' : [
               ['OS=="android"', {
@@ -3097,7 +3109,7 @@
               }],
               # http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/DebugFission
               # Requires gold and gcc >= 4.7 or clang.
-              ['linux_use_gold_flags==1 and (clang==1 or gcc_version>=47) and binutils_version>=223', {
+              ['linux_use_gold_flags==1 and (clang==1 or gcc_version>=47)', {
                 'cflags': ['-gsplit-dwarf'],
                 'ldflags': ['-Wl,--gdb-index'],
               }],
@@ -3732,7 +3744,7 @@
               # unspecified what the cwd is when running the compiler,
               # so the normal gyp path-munging fails us.  This hack
               # gets the right path.
-              '-B<!(cd <(DEPTH) && pwd -P)/third_party/gold',
+              '-B<!(cd <(DEPTH) && pwd -P)/<(binutils_directory)',
             ],
           }],
         ],