This patch was offered on the Debian Bug Tracker for the same issue, but not by me. I'm adding it to the thread here in case the package maintainers might find it useful.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #857653 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857653 ** Also affects: llvm-toolchain-8 (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857653 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Patch added: "0001-lld-doesn-t-generate-shared-libs.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/llvm-toolchain-8/+bug/1829677/+attachment/5264980/+files/0001-lld-doesn-t-generate-shared-libs.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1829677 Title: Package version 1:8-3 contains no actual lld library, just broken symlinks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/llvm-toolchain-8/+bug/1829677/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs