[net8.0-xcode15] [tools] Improve enforcement of the classic linker.

[rolfbjarne]

• Only ask for the classic linker if we're using Xcode 15+.
• Implement a way out of the enforcing the classic linker.

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[rolfbjarne]

Test failure is unrelated (https://github.com/xamarin/maccore/issues/2283).