Re: libtool support for LLVM's LLD linker

2017-03-22 Thread Ed Maste
On 21 March 2017 at 18:25, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > What bad things happen if libtool does not decide that the linker is GNU ld? People at the Phoronix web site try out LLD[1], and report that LLD fails when trying to link certain pieces of software when the failure is really due to an invalid

Re: libtool support for LLVM's LLD linker

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017, Ed Maste wrote: On 9 January 2017 at 19:17, Ed Maste wrote: I am (with a few others) trying to build all of the applications in the FreeBSD ports tree using LLVM's LLD as the linker. We've been making great progress linking software in the FreeBSD ports tree with LLVM's

Re: libtool support for LLVM's LLD linker

2017-03-21 Thread Ed Maste
On 9 January 2017 at 19:17, Ed Maste wrote: > I am (with a few others) trying to build all of the applications in > the FreeBSD ports tree using LLVM's LLD as the linker. We've been making great progress linking software in the FreeBSD ports tree with LLVM's LLD. Unfortunately, libtool is current

libtool support for LLVM's LLD linker

2017-01-09 Thread Ed Maste
I am (with a few others) trying to build all of the applications in the FreeBSD ports tree using LLVM's LLD as the linker. Right now about 90% of the 26000 pieces of software build. The majority of the failures are due to libtool not detecting LLD and passing in the appropriate arguments, and I'd l