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[lld] Create lld-link2 symlink/copy for new COFF linker.
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Authored by pcc on Jul 8 2015, 1:44 AM.

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This situation will only be temporary; I imagine we will eventually want to
have the new linker take the lld-link alias after we remove the old one.
However, I would like to port the CFI test suite in the compiler-rt
repository to Windows using the new COFF linker's LTO support; these tests
currently use gcc-style command lines and invoke the linker via the
compiler driver.

We can select the linker using the -fuse-ld flag, which Clang supports on
Windows, but it takes an executable name, rather than a list of arguments
(so "-fuse-ld=lld -flavor link2" wouldn't work), and it doesn't seem worth
the effort to extend the Clang driver to support arguments.

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pcc updated this revision to Diff 29249.Jul 8 2015, 1:44 AM
pcc retitled this revision from to [lld] Create lld-link2 symlink/copy for new COFF linker..
pcc updated this object.
pcc added a reviewer: ruiu.
pcc added subscribers: llvm-commits, samsonov.
ruiu accepted this revision.Jul 8 2015, 9:06 AM
ruiu edited edge metadata.

LGTM

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 8 2015, 9:06 AM
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