From c16fdaeecafe94461d6048b90bd337a04c25ad3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fini Jastrow Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 18:41:08 +0100 Subject: linkers: Add support for mold linker [why] Support for the relatively new mold linker is missing. If someone wants to use mold as linker `LDFLAGS="-B/path/to/mold"` has to be added instead of the usual `CC_LD=mold meson ...` or `CXX_LD=mold meson ...`. [how] Allow `mold' as linker for clang and newer GCC versions (that versions that have support). The error message can be a bit off, because it is generic for all GNU like compilers, but I guess that is ok. (i.e. 'mold' is not listed as possible linker, even if it would be possible for the given compiler.) [note] GCC Version 12.0.1 is not sufficient to say `mold` is supported. The expected release with support will be 12.1.0. On the other hand people that use the un-released 12.0.1 will probably have built it from trunk. Allowing 12.0.1 is helping bleeding edge developers to use mold in Meson already now. Fixes: #9072 Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow --- docs/markdown/snippets/mold-support.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/markdown/snippets/mold-support.md (limited to 'docs/markdown/snippets') diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/mold-support.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/mold-support.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..450ffad --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/mold-support.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +## Support for mold linker added + +The high performance linker mold can be selected via `CC_LD` or `CXX_LD` for +Clang and GCC >= 12.0.1. -- cgit v1.1