From ef9aeb188ea2bc7353e59916c18901cde90fa2b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dylan Baker Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 09:30:46 -0800 Subject: Allow selecting the dynamic linker This uses the normal meson mechanisms, an LD environment variable or via cross/native files. Fixes: #6057 --- docs/markdown/snippets/linker_override.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/markdown/snippets/linker_override.md (limited to 'docs/markdown/snippets') diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/linker_override.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/linker_override.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..21cb072 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/linker_override.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +## Generic Overrider for Dynamic Linker selection + +Previous to meson 0.52.0 you set the dynamic linker using compiler specific +flags passed via language flags and hoped things worked out. In meson 0.52.0 +meson started detecting the linker and making intelligent decisions about +using it. Unfortunately this broke choosing a non-default linker. + +Now there is a generic mechanism for doing this, you may use the LD +environment variable (with normal meson environment variable rules), or add +the following to a cross or native file: + +```ini +[binaries] +ld = 'gold' +``` + +And meson will select the linker if possible. -- cgit v1.1