build: use -Wl,--gc-sections when appropriate #6497
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Problem: libflux-optparse.so has unresolved jansson symbols on focal.
A recent macos portability change dropped the linker option to garbage collect unused sections, resulting in unresolved json_* symbols in libflux-optparse.so from libmissing.la on focal.
The change, introduced in #6476, was supposed to set a make variable $ld_gc_sections when that option is available, but the change was incomplete and the variable was never set.
Add the missing configure logic.
Confirmed:
Fixes #6496