Index: lld/trunk/ELF/Options.td =================================================================== --- lld/trunk/ELF/Options.td +++ lld/trunk/ELF/Options.td @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def print_map: F<"print-map">, HelpText<"Print a link map to the standard output">; -defm reproduce: Eq<"reproduce", "Dump linker invocation and input files for debugging">; +defm reproduce: Eq<"reproduce", "Write a tar file containing input files and command line options to reproduce link">; defm rpath: Eq<"rpath", "Add a DT_RUNPATH to the output">; Index: lld/trunk/docs/ld.lld.1 =================================================================== --- lld/trunk/docs/ld.lld.1 +++ lld/trunk/docs/ld.lld.1 @@ -408,9 +408,12 @@ .It Fl -relocatable , Fl r Create relocatable object file. .It Fl -reproduce Ns = Ns Ar path -Write a tar file containing all input files and a text file describing the link invocation to +Write a tar file to .Ar path, -so that you can easily re-run the linker with the same options and input files. +containing all the input files needed to reproduce the link, a text file called +response.txt containing the command line options and a text file called +version.txt containing the output of ld.lld --version. The archive when +unpacked can be used to re-run the linker with the same options and input files. .It Fl -retain-symbols-file Ns = Ns Ar file Retain only the symbols listed in the file. .It Fl -rpath Ns = Ns Ar value , Fl R Ar value