[llvm-dev] [lld] Flavour option purpose

Rui Ueyama via llvm-dev
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 21:10:26 -0000

The -flavor option exists mostly for historical reasons. I think using
ld.lld or lld-link is preferred way over "lld -flavor gnu" or
"lld -flavor
link".

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 2:06 PM, N via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at
lists.llvm.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> According to lld/docs/Driver.rst, Flavor command line option determines
> the style of lld command-line interface when invoked.
>
> However, it looks like this option also determines the set of supported
> targets we are linking for. For example, lld -flavor gnu
> cannot link mach-o binaries, and could not link PE binaries either (well,
> not until rL312926).
>
> Is this really intended by the design of lld? It looks the flavours are
> merely legacy compatibility shims, but then why is there no
> universal lld driver that is able to link binary for any platform using a
> unified CLI?
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