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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/bitcode_support.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/bitcode_support.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0d7ad9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/bitcode_support.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +## New base build option for LLVM (Apple) bitcode support + +When building with clang on macOS, you can now build your static and shared +binaries with embedded bitcode by enabling the `b_bitcode` [base +option](Builtin-options.md#Base_options) by passing `-Db_bitcode=true` to +Meson. + +This is better than passing the options manually in the environment since Meson +will automatically disable conflicting options such as `b_asneeded`, and will +disable bitcode support on targets that don't support it such as +`shared_module()`. + +Since this requires support in the linker, it is currently only enabled when +using Apple ld. In the future it can be extended to clang on other platforms +too. |